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AKF FN | Matwala vs. Kovingten PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryo Hazuki (ranked 3799 p4p, 24323 weight class) and Himayalan Cheetah (ranked 424 p4p, 568 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryo Hazuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Himayalan Cheetah!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazuki tries to keep at a distance but Cheetah has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cheetah looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hazuki lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands with a short shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hazuki obliges.
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Hazuki - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Hazuki.
Hazuki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hazuki scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hazuki lands a body shot.
Hazuki presses Cheetah against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hazuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hazuki lands a shot to the body.
Hazuki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Hazuki has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hazuki lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cheetah backwards.
Nice body punch from Hazuki - that landed with a thud.
Hazuki is leaning against Cheetah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cheetah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hazuki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees to the body from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Hazuki - that landed with a thud.
Hazuki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hazuki lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheetah takes a shot to the head.
Cheetah looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a nice knee to the body.
Hazuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hazuki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cheetah backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki lands a shot to the body.
Hazuki scores a nice knee to the body.
Hazuki lands a good knee to the midsection. Cheetah won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hazuki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hazuki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hazuki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a hook that snaps the head of Cheetah backwards.
Hazuki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cheetah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hazuki presses Cheetah against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Hazuki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees to the body from Hazuki.
Hazuki digs a right hand underneath Cheetah's ribcage. Cheetah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazuki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hook to the body lands for Hazuki.
Hazuki presses Cheetah against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Hazuki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hazuki digs a right hand underneath Cheetah's ribcage. Cheetah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazuki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hazuki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheetah can do to turn this around?
Hazuki cracks Cheetah with a nice body shot.
Hazuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hazuki lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hazuki obliges.
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Hazuki.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Hazuki.
Still in the clinch, Hazuki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Hazuki.
Hazuki is working Cheetah over against the ropes.
Cheetah takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cheetah is breathing heavily.
Hazuki lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hazuki obliges.
Hazuki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ryo Hazuki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hazuki lands a shot to the body.
Hazuki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Hazuki.
Hazuki digs a right hand underneath Cheetah's ribcage. Cheetah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazuki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hazuki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cheetah backwards.
Hazuki lands a good knee to the midsection. Cheetah won't want to take too many of those.
Hazuki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Hazuki.
Hazuki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hazuki digs a right hand into Cheetah's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cheetah's gas tank.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hazuki.
Hazuki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Hazuki as the two fighters clinch.
Hazuki lands a body punch.
Hazuki crunches a lovely knee into Cheetah's ribcage.
A body shot lands from Hazuki.
Knees to the body from Hazuki.
Hazuki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Hazuki.
Hazuki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hazuki lands a nice knee to the body.
Hazuki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hazuki scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hazuki.
Hazuki gets through Cheetah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hazuki lands a body punch.
Hazuki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hazuki as the two fighters clinch.
Hazuki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Hazuki dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hazuki closes the distance and clinches.
Hazuki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hazuki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hazuki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hazuki scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hazuki as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hazuki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hazuki scores a nice knee to the body.
Hazuki is leaning against Cheetah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hazuki as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Hazuki.
Hazuki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hazuki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cheetah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hazuki lands a knee to the body.
Cheetah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right hand to the body from Hazuki.
Hazuki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazuki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hazuki lands a shot to the body.
Hazuki scores a nice knee to the body.
Hazuki is leaning against Cheetah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hazuki digs a right hand underneath Cheetah's ribcage. Cheetah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazuki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
 Cheetah is rocked!
Hazuki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hazuki landing knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hazuki.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hazuki obliges.
Hazuki scores a nice knee to the body.
Cheetah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hazuki blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hazuki lands a nice knee to the body.
Hazuki digs a right hand underneath Cheetah's ribcage. Cheetah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hazuki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cheetah is still on wobbly legs! Can Hazuki finish him?
Hazuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hazuki lands a knee to the body.
Hazuki lands a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Hazuki - that landed with a thud.
Hazuki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cheetah or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hazuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hazuki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hazuki creates a bit of distance and cracks Cheetah with a big uppercut! Cheetah goes down! The referee pushes Hazuki away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Cheetah make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Hazuki takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ryo Hazuki!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Paulo Kimura (ranked 5490 p4p, 22092 weight class) and Ross Buchanan (ranked 435 p4p, 492 weight class). Buchanan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Roy Buchanan's Train Blues kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 43 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buchanan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kimura.
Buchanan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Buchanan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kimura takes a head kick and keeps coming.
 It looks like Paulo Kimura has been cut.
Kimura takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kimura will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Kimura.
A lazy left from Buchanan finds it's target.
 Kimura is rocked!
Buchanan cracks Kimura with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Kimura 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 Kimura is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Kimura could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ross Buchanan!
A victorious Ross Buchanan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Lawrence (ranked 23473 p4p, 5089 weight class) and Keith Thurman (ranked 630 p4p, 564 weight class). Thurman has chosen Stray Bullet as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Lawrence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Thurman !
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thurman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lawrence has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lawrence misses with an uppercut.
Lawrence connects with a looping right hand.
Lawrence misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawrence definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lawrence misses with a looping right.
Lawrence darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Johnny Lawrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lawrence with a nice calf kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lawrence crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Thurman - the referee stops the clock and Lawrence gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Thurman . Lawrence manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lawrence swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thurman .
Thurman is rocked!
Lawrence tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thurman is still on wobbly legs! Can Lawrence finish him?
Lawrence weaves into range and cracks Thurman right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Thurman goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Lawrence is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Lawrence!
Keith Thurman spoke after the fight, saying 'Heck of a matchup this was, uphill battle from the start. Credit to my opponent for getting the W.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ginger Jesus (ranked 19224 p4p, 5949 weight class) and Zico Verhoeven (ranked 591 p4p, 540 weight class). Jesus comes to the ring accompanied by Jesus Walks BY-KANYE WEST. Ginger Jesus has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ginger Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zico Verhoeven!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verhoeven walks into a stiff left hand from Jesus.
Jesus catches Verhoeven napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Verhoeven crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Jesus raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ginger Jesus!
Ginger Jesus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Robert Munson (ranked 2145 p4p, 3425 weight class) and Vlad Darko (ranked 288 p4p, 444 weight class). Darko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ominous Drumming kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Munson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, Vlad Darko!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko misses with an uppercut.
Munson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Munson misses with a combination
and Darko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Munson cracks Darko with a right hand to the side of the head.
Munson looks to land a left hand but Darko moved out of range nicely.
Darko flicks out a counter leg kick but Munson steps away.
Munson misses with a double jab.
Munson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Munson looks to land a combination but Darko avoids it well.
Munson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
Robert Munson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darko.
Munson throws a combination. Darko tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Munson. Those never looked like landing.
Munson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've been hearing reports that Munson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Munson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Munson misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Darko counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Munson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Darko moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Munson breaks the clinch.
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko tries to clinch but Munson moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Munson.
Munson throws a right and a left that Darko avoids nicely.
Munson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Darko counters with a body kick.
Munson misses the jab.
Munson tries to bum rush Darko with a series of wild strikes but Darko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Munson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Munson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Munson looks to land a combination but Darko avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Munson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Darko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Munson scrambles back to his feet.
Munson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darko throws out a counter right but Munson avoids it with no problem.
Munson throws a combination. Darko tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munson misses with a double jab
and Darko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Munson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Munson throws a poor cross that misses
and Munson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darko instigates a clinch.
Munson breaks the clinch.
Munson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Munson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Darko counters with a nice body kick.
Munson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darko circles away quickly and effectively.
Munson tries to bum rush Darko with a series of wild strikes but Darko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Munson swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Darko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Munson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darko counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Munson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Darko to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Robert Munson has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson misses with a lunging right hand
and Darko counters with a straight right hand that connects right on the button, dropping Munson face first to the canvas! He's out! He's out cold! No need for a count here - this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vlad Darko!
Vlad Darko gave a mention to Conviction in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Boban Turnik (ranked 5549 p4p, 22110 weight class) and Paul Beecher (ranked 519 p4p, 556 weight class). Paul Beecher has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boban Turnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Beecher!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turnik on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Turnik lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Turnik misses the target.
Beecher takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Turnik throws a hook to the side of Beecher's head but Beecher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beecher is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Turnik misses with a looping left.
Beecher throws a combination that misses
and Turnik counters with a straight right hand.
Turnik checks a leg kick nicely.
Beecher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've been informed that Beecher 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.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beecher fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turnik is out of range.
Beecher throws a sloppy head kick and Turnik moves out of range easily.
Turnik lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beecher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turnik.
A slow jab from Beecher misses its intended target.
Beecher ducks under a wild hook from Turnik.
It seemed like Beecher was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Beecher just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beecher throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the liver by Turnik. Beautiful body shot.
Beecher tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Turnik is able to avoid easily.
Beecher defending well as Turnik loads up on a big left hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Turnik scores with a four punch combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Turnik.
Beecher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turnik.
Beecher attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turnik shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Beecher eats them both and turns towards Turnik to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Beecher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turnik doesn't seem bothered though.
Turnik swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Beecher counter with a right hand.
It looks like Boban Turnik has been cut.
Beecher displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Turnik misses with a series of wild punches.
Beecher throws a sloppy head kick and Turnik moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Turnik misses its intended target.
Turnik blocks the body kick.
Beecher slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turnik throws a sloppy body shot
and Beecher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beecher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turnik looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turnik connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beecher. Beecher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Turnik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnik takes a swing at Beecher's ribcage but misses.
Beecher lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beecher throws the kick towards the body but Turnik avoids it.
A combination from Turnik does no damage.
Beecher slips under a jab from Turnik.
Turnik swings widly with a right hand
and Beecher counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Turnik misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Turnik throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Beecher misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Turnik misses its target.
Beecher tries a low kick but Turnik avoids it.
Beecher misses with a combination
and Turnik connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paul Beecher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turnik looks to land a right hand but Beecher moved out of range.
A big right from Turnik misses.
Turnik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turnik with a nice cross.
Beecher swings away with a body shot that misses
and Turnik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Boban Turnik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boban Turnik's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Turnik scores with a decent looking hook.
Turnik swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beecher.
Beecher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turnik throws the left hand but Beecher avoids the punch easily.
Beecher steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Turnik throws a lazy right hand but Beecher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turnik misses with an uppercut.
Beecher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Turnik moves out of range of the strikes.
Beecher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turnik lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Beecher backs up against the ropes.
Beecher moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Beecher on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Turnik avoids the head kick by Beecher.
Turnik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turnik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turnik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beecher can do to turn this around?
Turnik connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Beecher onto his butt! Beecher bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Beecher is rocked!
A low kick from Beecher misses
and Turnik counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Beecher goes down! Turnik rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Beecher is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action!
Beecher is still on wobbly legs! Can Turnik finish him?
Beecher walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Beecher is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Boban Turnik!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ispa Murhapuro (ranked 4934 p4p, 22530 weight class) and Farto Fuerte (ranked 409 p4p, 489 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, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Murhapuro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Farto Fuerte!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Murhapuro finds it's way through Fuerte's defenses.
Murhapuro misses with a right hand
and Fuerte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhapuro lands with a right hand.
Murhapuro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murhapuro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuerte.
As Murhapuro backs off Fuerte throws a huge counter combo but Murhapuro manages to avoid it all.
Murhapuro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murhapuro moves into the clinch successfully.
Fuerte is looking to break free of the clinch but Murhapuro has double underhooks.
Murhapuro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murhapuro lunges at Fuerte with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fuerte's hand.
Fuerte has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice defenses there by Fuerte.
Fuerte is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murhapuro with a body shot.
Murhapuro throws an off balance right hand
and before Murhapuro can reset, Fuerte rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Murhapuro is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Murhapuro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murhapuro misses with a combination
and Fuerte counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Murhapuro goes down! Will Murhapuro beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's not going to make it! 9,10! He's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Farto Fuerte!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Farto Fuerte waved his t-shirt featuring Warrior's Way's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lloyd Badweather Jr (ranked 21328 p4p, 22100 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 467 p4p, 459 weight class). Badweather Jr comes to the ring accompanied by Ay poyoo- GOAT. Marious La De Hoya told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Badweather Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badweather Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Badweather Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Badweather Jr pushes him away.
Decent striking displayed by La De Hoya there.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Badweather Jr throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the body.
Badweather Jr moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
Badweather Jr throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Badweather Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Badweather Jr throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
Badweather Jr throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badweather Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badweather Jr walks into a straight right hand from La De Hoya.
Badweather Jr misses the jab.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Badweather Jr swinging wildly here.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
La De Hoya takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Badweather Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Badweather Jr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Badweather Jr misses with the combination.
Badweather Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya clinches up with Badweather Jr and pushes him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Badweather Jr is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Badweather Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Badweather Jr is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
Badweather Jr tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Badweather Jr is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La De Hoya tries to work over Badweather Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Badweather Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Badweather Jr shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Badweather Jr throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badweather Jr steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Badweather Jr's brow.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Badweather Jr tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Badweather Jr blocks it.
La De Hoya gets through Badweather Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Badweather Jr's efforts to push away.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Badweather Jr avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badweather Jr avoids it.
Badweather Jr blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya keeps control of Badweather Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badweather Jr avoids it.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Badweather Jr.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badweather Jr is defending well for now.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
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 right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Badweather Jr swinging wildly here.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr working hard to break the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badweather Jr avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Badweather Jr wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya has Badweather Jr pressed against the ropes, preventing Badweather Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Badweather Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Badweather Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
Lloyd Badweather Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badweather Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Badweather Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya has Badweather Jr pressed against the ropes, preventing Badweather Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya is working Badweather Jr over against the ropes.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Badweather Jr's ribcage.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La De Hoya 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
A very excited looking Marious La De Hoya rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sortek Redfist (ranked 22105 p4p, 22551 weight class) and Joshua Jones (ranked 661 p4p, 677 weight class). Redfist comes to the ring accompanied by Earl Sweatshirt-Chum. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sortek Redfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joshua Jones!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Redfist.
Jones throws out a counter right but Redfist avoids it with no problem.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Redfist in a clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Redfist is controlling him.
Redfist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Redfist working aggressively here.
Redfist softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Jones tries to break free but Redfist pushes him back against the ropes.
Redfist misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redfist working aggressively here.
Redfist lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones moves out of range as Redfist strikes.
Jones slips a jab from Redfist.
It seemed like Jones was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Redfist circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Redfist uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
Redfist moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Redfist swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Redfist is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Redfist keeps the fight on the outside.
Redfist throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Redfist.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones throws a counter combo.
Redfist keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones wants to clinch.
Redfist clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Redfist circles away.
Jones is looking to clinch but Redfist is avoiding it.
Redfist scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones clinches.
Redfist tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfist keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Redfist tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Redfist.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Redfist thumps Jones with a low kick.
Jones pushes Redfist up against the ropes in a clinch.
Redfist keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Redfist.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice straight punches there by Redfist. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Redfist.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Redfist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Redfist was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Jones 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. Redfist darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sortek Redfist dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Redfist lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Redfist.
Redfist jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sortek Redfist is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Redfist to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Redfist working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Redfist has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Redfist is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Redfist has him pressed against the ropes.
Redfist working aggressively here.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redfist landing knees to the head.
Redfist scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Redfist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Redfist lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoids the body shot from Redfist.
Redfist throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Sortek Redfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redfist swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redfist swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones is looking to clinch but Redfist is avoiding it.
A little feinted left hand from Redfist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Redfist with a jab.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones tries to clinch there but Redfist circles away.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redfist prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Redfist bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Redfist moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Redfist scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Redfist throws a head kick that half lands.
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Redfist throws a head punch that misses.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Redfist is controlling the position.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Redfist keeps him there for the moment.
Sortek Redfist has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones blocks a body shot from Redfist.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Redfist has double underhooks.
Redfist misses with a punch to the body.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones tries to clinch up but Redfist circles away and keeps his distance.
Sortek Redfist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Redfist connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sortek Redfist dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Redfist connects with a solid leg kick.
Jones clinches up with Redfist and pushes him back against the ropes.
Redfist misses with a punch on the inside.
Redfist misses with some punches.
Redfist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Redfist circles away.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Redfist throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Redfist. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Redfist circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Redfist misses the target.
Jones slips a straight right by Redfist.
Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Redfist, pushing him back against the ropes.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones wants to clinch but Redfist slips to the side
and Redfist counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Redfist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Redfist can pounce on him.
Jones clinches up with Redfist and pushes him back against the ropes.
Redfist landing knees to the body.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Redfist lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Redfist lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Redfist misses with the head strike.
Redfist is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Redfist misses with the head strike.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Redfist makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Redfist prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Redfist throws a head punch that misses.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Redfist misses the jab.
Jones throws a counter combo.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jones gets a clinch.
Redfist working aggressively here.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Redfist buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Redfist misses the target.
Redfist throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joshua Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones misses with a straight left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sortek Redfist showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Redfist 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sortek Redfist!
After winning the bout, Sortek Redfist thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Franko De Cremonesi (ranked 23544 p4p, 22130 weight class) and Kyle Kovingten (ranked 537 p4p, 574 weight class). De Cremonesi comes to the ring accompanied by Paint It, Black. Kovingten has chosen Tool - Schism 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 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Franko De Cremonesi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Kovingten.
Kovingten tried to score with a low kick but De Cremonesi checks it.
Kovingten slips a straight right by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi checks a low kick from Kovingten.
De Cremonesi throws a jab when Kovingten was well out of range.
Kovingten connects with a leg kick.
De Cremonesi looks to land a right hand but Kovingten moved out of range.
Jab, jab by Kovingten - just one landing.
Kovingten slips a jab from De Cremonesi.
Kovingten cracks De Cremonesi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
A head kick misses from Kovingten.
De Cremonesi misses with a wild body shot.
A punch lands to the side of De Cremonesi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kovingten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Cremonesi tries to move into range but Kovingten moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten takes one on the button.
Kovingten connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Cremonesi. De Cremonesi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Cremonesi looks to throw the jab but Kovingten is out of range.
De Cremonesi throws a hook but Kovingten blocks it.
Kovingten lands with a nice body kick.
Kovingten throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Cremonesi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Cremonesi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kovingten.
Donk. Kovingten catches De Cremonesi right on the button with a cross.
De Cremonesi throws a hook but Kovingten blocks it.
Kovingten misses with a looping right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kovingten.
Kovingten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Cremonesi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten misses with a wild body shot.
As Kovingten backs away, De Cremonesi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovingten attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
De Cremonesi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kovingten is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Cremonesi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kovingten throws a solid leg kick but De Cremonesi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kovingten.
A little feinted left hand from De Cremonesi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Cremonesi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kovingten throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
De Cremonesi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kovingten's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Kovingten thuds his shin into the meat of De Cremonesi's side.
Kovingten turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kovingten lands a head kick. De Cremonesi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kovingten has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kovingten looks for the body kick but De Cremonesi saw that one coming.
Kovingten scores with a sloppy right hand. De Cremonesi should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten throws a body kick that misses
and De Cremonesi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kovingten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Cremonesi.
Kovingten stuns De Cremonesi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Kovingten dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kovingten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Cremonesi manages to avoid it.
Kovingten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Cremonesi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Cremonesi tries to clinch up but Kovingten circles away and keeps his distance.
Kovingten connects with a body shot that sends De Cremonesi's belly button to the back.
Kovingten with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Cremonesi lands an overhand right.
Kovingten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kovingten throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Cremonesi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovingten throws out a powerful jab.
De Cremonesi throws a low kick, looking for Kovingten's leg but Kovingten calmly moves out of range.
Good exchange - De Cremonesi coming out on top.
Kovingten throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Cremonesi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kovingten takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kovingten misses with a body kick.
Kovingten digs a good hook to De Cremonesi's body.
Kovingten keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kovingten scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Cremonesi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kovingten bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kovingten lands a front kick.
Kovingten swinging wildly here.
Kovingten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Kovingten. That's going to slow De Cremonesi down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten scores with a push kick.
Kyle Kovingten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Cremonesi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kovingten was well out of range. Poor timing from De Cremonesi.
Kovingten lands a nice shot to the body.
De Cremonesi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kovingten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Cremonesi is able to avoid easily.
Kovingten misses with a body kick.
Kovingten pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Cremonesi is out of range and Kovingten settles back down.
Kovingten thumps De Cremonesi with a low kick.
De Cremonesi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De Cremonesi swings for the body but Kovingten moves out of range.
Kovingten misses with a left hand
and De Cremonesi counters by moving into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Kovingten 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!
A slapping body kick lands there for Kovingten.
Kovingten changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Cremonesi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kovingten lands a front kick.
Kovingten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Cremonesi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kovingten with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Cremonesi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kovingten gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kovingten tries to land a front kick but De Cremonesi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kovingten works over De Cremonesi's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kovingten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Cremonesi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little feinted left hand from De Cremonesi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kovingten misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kovingten was well out of range. Poor timing from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Cremonesi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kyle Kovingten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kovingten.
De Cremonesi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
De Cremonesi throws a lazy uppercut
and Kovingten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donk. Kovingten catches De Cremonesi right on the button with a cross.
De Cremonesi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Decent striking displayed by Kovingten there.
Kovingten lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kovingten scores with a head kick. De Cremonesi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kovingten lands with a hook. De Cremonesi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the body
and De Cremonesi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kovingten lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Cremonesi avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Cremonesi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Cremonesi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
De Cremonesi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kovingten on the side of the head.
Kovingten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Cremonesi manages to avoid it.
De Cremonesi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kovingten in his tracks.
Kovingten fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kovingten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Cremonesi is looking to counter punch.
Kovingten throws a leg kick but De Cremonesi checks it.
Kovingten throws a body punch but De Cremonesi moves out of range.
De Cremonesi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Cremonesi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little feinted left hand from De Cremonesi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slow jab from De Cremonesi misses its intended target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Kovingten really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
De Cremonesi walks into a left hand.
De Cremonesi punishes Kovingten's body with a nice straight punch.
Kovingten looks for the body kick but De Cremonesi saw that one coming.
De Cremonesi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kovingten throws an off balance right hand
and De Cremonesi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kovingten thinking.
De Cremonesi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kovingten sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kovingten lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Cremonesi's sensitive parts.
Kovingten takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kovingten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovingten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Cremonesi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A counter left hand to the body from De Cremonesi misses its target.
Kovingten lands a glancing blow to the side of De Cremonesi's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kovingten's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Cremonesi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kovingten scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circling - De Cremonesi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A lazy left from De Cremonesi finds it's target.
De Cremonesi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kovingten.
De Cremonesi misses with a body punch
and Kovingten counters with a good low kick that De Cremonesi was not able to check.
De Cremonesi misses the shot to the body.
Kovingten swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Cremonesi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kovingten fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kovingten. That's going to slow De Cremonesi down.
Kovingten has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kovingten throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body punch from Kovingten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten throws a leg kick which misses De Cremonesi's front leg but catches the back leg as De Cremonesi tries to avoid it.
De Cremonesi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by De Cremonesi.
De Cremonesi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kovingten lands a jab-cross combination.
Kovingten lands with a right hand.
Kovingten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Cremonesi.
Kovingten scores with a jab.
Kovingten works De Cremonesi's body with a nice hook.
Kovingten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Cremonesi manages to avoid it.
Kovingten lands a front kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kovingten fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Kovingten dominated that fourth round.
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. 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.
De Cremonesi checks a leg kick.
De Cremonesi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kovingten lands a nice shot that snaps De Cremonesi's head back.
Kovingten shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like De Cremonesi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kovingten lands a jab to the head.
Kovingten slips under a jab from De Cremonesi.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kovingten darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kovingten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kovingten moves out of range as De Cremonesi strikes.
Kovingten feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovingten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Cremonesi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kovingten misses with a body kick.
De Cremonesi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kovingten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Cremonesi. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Cremonesi avoids a kick to the body.
Kovingten lands with a nice body kick.
De Cremonesi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kovingten.
De Cremonesi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kovingten can pounce on him.
Kovingten feints and then cracks De Cremonesi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Cremonesi down.
Franko De Cremonesi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Cremonesi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice leg kick from Kovingten, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Cremonesi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kovingten throws a right hand that misses
and De Cremonesi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kovingten misses with a low kick.
De Cremonesi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kovingten slips a straight right by De Cremonesi.
Kyle Kovingten is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten lands the left 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!
Kovingten thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Cremonesi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kovingten explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kovingten misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kovingten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kovingten throws a low kick, looking for De Cremonesi's leg but De Cremonesi calmly moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from De Cremonesi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kovingten misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Kovingten misses
and De Cremonesi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kovingten.
De Cremonesi misses with a looping left.
Kovingten throws a shot from downtown. De Cremonesi moves away and avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Kovingten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kovingten winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 45:50
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Kovingten!
Kyle Kovingten thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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A | B |
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pop
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A | B |
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