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AKF FN | Phoenix vs. Yalixqua PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 4552 p4p, 4656 weight class) and Demetrious Johnson (ranked 537 p4p, 544 weight class). Anderson Silva 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demetrious Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've been told by Silva's head coaches at Besta-Fera Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva rushes Johnson and presses him up against the ropes.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Johnson works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Johnson swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the ropes.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva takes one on the button.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A left lands for Johnson.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson gets tackled into the ropes by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demetrious Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Demetrious Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva rushes Johnson and presses him up against the ropes.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silva avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the ropes.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Silva into the ropes.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Silva's head back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anderson Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demetrious Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Silva.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva wants to stall.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Silva tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Silva moves forwards but Johnson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Silva is stalling here.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demetrious Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Johnson back to the ropes. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anderson Silva.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demetrious Johnson!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Arturo Hernandez (ranked 5438 p4p, 22082 weight class) and Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 429 p4p, 459 weight class). Sepulveda is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lady Gaga - Alejandro. Alejandro Sepulveda is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arturo Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 43 - 2, fighting out of New York, Alejandro Sepulveda!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sepulveda throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Hernandez counter with a right hand.
 It looks like Alejandro Sepulveda has been cut.
Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sepulveda.
We've been hearing reports that Hernandez has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hernandez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
 Sepulveda is rocked!
Sepulveda tries to get into range but Hernandez steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Sepulveda! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Hernandez scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arturo Hernandez!
After the fight, Arturo Hernandez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Eric Kronke (ranked 23249 p4p, 2805 weight class) and Shogun Silva (ranked 654 p4p, 393 weight class). Kronke comes to the ring accompanied by Feuer Frei. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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World class boxer
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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 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Kronke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shogun Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kronke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kronke can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Kronke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Kronke digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kronke avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kronke is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Kronke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kronke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kronke lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Kronke has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kronke avoids it.
Kronke tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kronke misses with a punch to the body.
Kronke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kronke avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke throws a head punch that misses.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Kronke scores with a shoulder strike.
Kronke misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kronke tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Kronke missing with knees to the body.
Silva blocks a body shot from Kronke.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Kronke tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Kronke definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kronke avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Kronke tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kronke avoids it.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Kronke.
Kronke breaks the clinch.
Kronke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronke lands an uppercut.
Kronke managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kronke.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Kronke controls the action.
Kronke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Kronke fails to land.
Kronke digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kronke throws a head punch that misses.
Kronke misses with a punch to the body.
Kronke throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Kronke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Kronke uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Silva.
Silva blocks a body shot from Kronke.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kronke.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shogun Silva will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kronke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kronke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Kronke slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kronke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Kronke is out of range.
Silva clinches up with Kronke and pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Kronke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kronke misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kronke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shogun Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kronke takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kronke misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke misses with a body punch.
Kronke misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Kronke.
Kronke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kronke has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Kronke can't break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Kronke.
Kronke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kronke tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Kronke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva blocks a body shot from Kronke.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kronke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Kronke tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Kronke - that landed with a thud.
Eric Kronke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kronke blocks it with crossed arms.
Kronke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Kronke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Kronke misses.
Kronke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva rushes Kronke and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kronke is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kronke has his back to the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kronke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kronke.
Kronke tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Kronke avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the ropes.
Kronke misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Kronke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Kronke dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kronke, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kronke is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kronke dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kronke tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Kronke lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Shogun Silva has been cut.
Kronke tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Kronke back against the ropes.
Kronke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva pushes Kronke back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kronke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Kronke blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Kronke.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kronke avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva blocks a body shot from Kronke.
Kronke misses with a punch to the body.
Kronke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Kronke controls the action.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kronke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kronke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kronke backwards.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kronke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kronke avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Kronke.
Kronke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronke trying to land knees to the body.
Kronke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Kronke's head.
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!
Silva tries to work over Kronke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kronke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kronke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kronke.
Kronke tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Kronke back against the ropes.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kronke tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Kronke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Kronke lands an uppercut.
Kronke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Kronke blocks a body shot from Silva.
Kronke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Kronke is blocking nicely.
Kronke digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shogun Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jake Demuss (ranked 21703 p4p, 24630 weight class) and Zander Ford (ranked 684 p4p, 677 weight class). Demuss comes to the ring accompanied by Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ford's choice of entrance music: THE KING IS HERE. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Demuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zander Ford!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford walks into a straight right hand from Demuss.
Demuss blocks a head kick by Ford.
Nice straight punches there by Demuss. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Demuss.
Ford rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Demuss counters with a straight right hand.
Nice body punch from Demuss.
Demuss misses with a kick to the body.
Demuss getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A lazy left from Demuss finds it's target.
Ford connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Demuss throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ford looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ford looks to score with a jab to the body but Demuss is just out of range.
Demuss is looking for a counter combo.
Nice uppercut lands for Demuss. That snapped Ford's head back.
A slapping body kick lands there for Demuss.
Ford 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.
Demuss cracks Ford with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Ford get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Ford looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
It looks like Zander Ford has been cut.
Demuss paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford drops his hands momentarily and Demuss needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Ford just on the top of the head. Ford drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Ford - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jake Demuss!
Jake Demuss decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Zander Ford spoke after the fight, saying 'Oh really? This must be an miss understanding'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zacharias Kassicus (ranked 21134 p4p, 3975 weight class) and Harris Benn (ranked 597 p4p, 445 weight class). Harris Benn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zacharias Kassicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harris Benn!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kassicus stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Harris Benn has been cut.
Benn misses with a hook
and Kassicus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benn throws a right hand that misses
and Kassicus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kassicus scores with a decent looking hook.
Kassicus lands the left hand.
Kassicus lands with an uppercut that bounces Benn off the ropes and back into range.
Benn throws an overhand right that lands on Kassicus's shoulder, as Kassicus tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Kassicus. That snapped Benn's head back.
Kassicus lands a jab to the nose.
Kassicus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kassicus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kassicus lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benn swings widly with a right hand
and Kassicus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kassicus dips to his left and cracks Benn with an uppercut!
A nice combination there by Kassicus.
Benn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kassicus's hands.
 It looks like Zacharias Kassicus has been cut.
Kassicus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kassicus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benn takes one to the chin there.
Benn tries to move into range but Kassicus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benn needs to keep his hands up - Kassicus had a free shot at his head there.
Benn is rocked!
Kassicus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benn is still on wobbly legs! Can Kassicus finish him?
Kassicus is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Benn walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Zacharias Kassicus!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jihadi John (ranked 21622 p4p, 22410 weight class) and Ivarr DeBoneless (ranked 201 p4p, 172 weight class). John comes into the arena with Ali-A blaring out of the sound system. Ivarr DeBoneless has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jihadi John 's chin.
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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 14 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Jihadi John !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivarr DeBoneless!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John circles away from the clinch attempt.
DeBoneless tries to close the distance and clinch but John swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
DeBoneless tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but John paws at him with a jab and circles away.
DeBoneless doesn't manage to clinch there - John circles away.
DeBoneless sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ivarr DeBoneless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
John throws a sloppy head kick and DeBoneless moves out of range easily.
John throws a jab but it's blocked by DeBoneless.
John throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
DeBoneless moves in looking to clinch but John pushes him off.
DeBoneless tries to clinch up.
John has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Shut Up & Train! {$1000} in the buildup to the fight.
DeBoneless closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
John has closed the distance and engaged DeBoneless in a clinch.
John tries to work over DeBoneless's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as DeBoneless controls his hands.
DeBoneless blocks a body shot from John .
John with an attempt at a knee that misses.
John misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from DeBoneless.
John with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeBoneless on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
John tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeBoneless's elbow.
John on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
DeBoneless trying to land knees to the body.
John avoiding damage as DeBoneless throws knees to the body.
John lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
John landing knees to the body.
John tries a body shot but DeBoneless blocks it.
John working DeBoneless over with knees to the body.
John blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
John lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Ivarr DeBoneless has been cut.
Knees to the body from John .
DeBoneless looks winded!
John landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John lands a nice knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for John .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John lands a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from John .
John connects with a nasty looking knee right to DeBoneless's face.
John lands a left hand.
John lands a nice knee to the body.
John landing knees to the body.
John landing knees to the head.
John looking to throw knees to the head but DeBoneless is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from John .
John is stalling here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jihadi John dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivarr DeBoneless's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
John lands a nice shot that snaps DeBoneless's head back.
DeBoneless tries to close the distance and clinch up but John swats him away and circles back towards the center.
DeBoneless takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
John is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that DeBoneless can do to turn this around?
John throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jab by John .
John darts in and clinches DeBoneless up against the ropes.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. John obliges.
John landing knees to the head.
John lands with a left to the head.
That has opened up Ivarr DeBoneless's cut even more.
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!
John has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops DeBoneless to the canvas! Can DeBoneless beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's going to allow it to continue!
John forces DeBoneless back against the ropes and clinches.
John lands a knee to the head.
John working DeBoneless over with knees to the body.
DeBoneless is breathing heavily.
John landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John lands a left hand that snaps the head of DeBoneless backwards.
DeBoneless prevents a body shot from John .
John lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from John as the two fighters clinch.
John stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for John .
John drops DeBoneless on his ass with a big knee up the middle! DeBoneless bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.
John with a nice cross.
DeBoneless is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeBoneless walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! DeBoneless 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 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jihadi John !
In his post fight interview, Jihadi John started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Roberto Congo (ranked 1762 p4p, 15913 weight class) and Vladimir Tarlac (ranked 262 p4p, 634 weight class). Tarlac has chosen Nobody Knows- The Tony RIch Project as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Tarlac!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarlac misses with a wild combination.
Vladimir Tarlac seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Congo lands with an uppercut that bounces Tarlac off the ropes and back into range.
Tarlac throws a combination that misses
and Congo counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Tarlac to the mat, face first! Congo goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Tarlac is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!
A combination from Tarlac does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tarlac tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Congo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tarlac wants to clinch.
Tarlac tries to close the distance and clinch up but Congo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tarlac tries to get into range but Congo steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Tarlac! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Congo scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roberto Congo!
After the fight, Roberto Congo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Vladimir Tarlac had this to say: 'Thanks for all the fun times and all the memories this is my last ride'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ubaldo Cortez (ranked 22744 p4p, 3319 weight class) and Trage Tragedy (ranked 634 p4p, 434 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubaldo Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trage Tragedy!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tragedy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cortez counters with a straight right hand.
Cortez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tragedy misses with a kick to the body
and Cortez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Tragedy.
Tragedy blocks a body shot from Cortez.
Tragedy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tragedy throws an elbow but misses.
We've been informed that Tragedy 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.
Tragedy misses with an elbow strike.
Tragedy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cortez backwards.
Cortez lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Tragedy.
Still in the clinch, Cortez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cortez lands a body punch.
Cortez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Cortez.
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 head punch on the inside from Cortez fails to land.
Tragedy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tragedy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tragedy presses Cortez against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tragedy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tragedy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tragedy scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tragedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cortez tries to work over Tragedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tragedy.
Tragedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortez controls his hands.
Tragedy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez misses with a body punch.
Tragedy tries to work over Cortez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tragedy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cortez scores with a shot to the side of Tragedy's head.
Still in the clinch, Tragedy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tragedy tries a body shot but Cortez blocks it.
Tragedy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tragedy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tragedy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Cortez.
Cortez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tragedy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez prevents a body shot from Tragedy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortez misses with a body punch.
Tragedy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tragedy blocks the elbow strike.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cortez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tragedy backwards.
Cortez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cortez digs a right hand underneath Tragedy's ribcage. Tragedy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cortez scores with a shoulder strike.
Tragedy throws a head punch that misses.
Tragedy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cortez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tragedy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Tragedy.
Cortez tries to stall but Tragedy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cortez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tragedys head.
Tragedy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cortez managing to block the knees to the body from Tragedy.
Tragedy blocks a body shot from Cortez.
Tragedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tragedy lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Cortez lands with a right to the head.
Cortez prevents a body shot from Tragedy.
Tragedy gets through Cortez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cortez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Trage Tragedy will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tragedy lands with a shot to the body.
Tragedy misses with a left hand
and Cortez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tragedy throws the kick towards the body but Cortez avoids it.
Tragedy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tragedy lands a jab to the head.
Cortez missing with a left hand there. Tragedy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cortez defending well as Tragedy loads up on a big left hand.
Cortez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tragedy.
Tragedy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cortez swings for the body but Tragedy moves out of range.
Tragedy loads up on a big right hand but Cortez slips the punch.
Tragedy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tragedy fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cortez walks into a left hand.
Cortez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cortez misses with a hook.
Tragedy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tragedy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tragedy lands a nice hook to Cortez's body. Cortez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Tragedy.
Cortez walks into a straight right hand from Tragedy.
Tragedy lands a nice shot that snaps Cortez's head back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cortez.
Tragedy tests Cortez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cortez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cortez misses with a body shot.
Tragedy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tragedy throws a right hand that Cortez ducks under and follows up with a left that Cortez also avoids with ease.
Cortez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tragedy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tragedy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tragedy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cortez slips under a jab from Tragedy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tragedy.
Tragedy looks to land a combination but Cortez avoids it well.
Tragedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tragedy misses with a double jab
and Cortez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trage Tragedy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cortez takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Tragedy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Cortez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cortez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cortez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cortez cracks Tragedy with a good jab.
Cortez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tragedy.
Cortez slips a jab and a cross from Tragedy.
Tragedy misses with a body kick.
Cortez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A punch combination from Tragedy misses.
Tragedy throws a jab when Cortez was well out of range.
Tragedy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tragedy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cortez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tragedy sizes up Cortez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tragedy connects with a looping right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Trage Tragedy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tragedy throws out a loose jab but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trage Tragedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortez lunges at Tragedy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tragedy's hand.
Cortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Tragedy is just out of range.
Tragedy throws a right hand that Cortez ducks under and follows up with a left that Cortez also avoids with ease.
Cortez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Tragedy looks for the body kick but Cortez saw that one coming.
Cortez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tragedy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cortez.
Tragedy misses with an uppercut
and Cortez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cortez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big left from Tragedy misses.
Trage Tragedy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cortez lands an overhand right.
It looks like Trage Tragedy has been cut.
Cortez staying out of range there.
A nice combination there by Tragedy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tragedy throws a hook but Cortez blocks it.
Cortez moves forwards but Tragedy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cortez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cortez avoids a kick to the body.
Cortez misses with a straight right.
Tragedy misses with an uppercut. Cortez saw that one coming.
Tragedy avoids the body shot from Cortez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez slips a straight right by Tragedy.
Tragedy throws the left hand but Cortez avoids the punch easily.
Cortez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cortez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tragedy finds it's way round the side to connect with Cortez's head.
Cortez loads up on a big right hand but Tragedy slips the punch.
Cortez avoids a kick to the body.
Tragedy misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, jab by Cortez - just one landing.
Decent striking displayed by Cortez there.
Tragedy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cortez under the eye.
Cortez staying out of range there.
Trage Tragedy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cortez blocks a head kick by Tragedy.
Cortez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tragedy was well out of range. Poor timing from Cortez.
Tragedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Cortez should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tragedy moves out of range as Cortez strikes.
Cortez walks into a straight right hand from Tragedy.
Tragedy fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tragedy looks to land a right hand but Cortez moved out of range.
Cortez misses with an uppercut.
Ubaldo Cortez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donk. Tragedy catches Cortez right on the button with a cross.
Tragedy throws a body kick that misses.
Tragedy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cortez.
Tragedy misses with a body kick.
Cortez thuds his shin into the meat of Tragedy's side.
Tragedy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tragedy lands with a hook. Cortez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cortez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tragedy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tragedy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cortez with a nice cross.
Tragedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.
Cortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tragedy.
Cortez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tragedy in his tracks.
Cortez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tragedy's head.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cortez.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ubaldo Cortez.
Well Tragedy 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trage Tragedy!
A victorious Trage Tragedy 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 light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bill Goldberg (ranked 18177 p4p, 21132 weight class) and Connor McDavid (ranked 663 p4p, 650 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 25 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Connor McDavid!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDavid drops his hands momentarily and Goldberg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Goldberg misses with the body kick
and McDavid counters with an inside leg kick.
McDavid takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Goldberg misses with a looping left.
McDavid lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McDavid gets tackled into the ropes by Goldberg. Goldberg maintains the clinch.
Goldberg takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Bill Goldberg has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
Goldberg misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Goldberg.
Nice elbow from McDavid.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goldberg blocks a body shot from McDavid.
McDavid blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Goldberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from McDavid - that landed with a thud.
Goldberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Goldberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goldberg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McDavid.
Goldberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McDavid can't find room to land a body shot as Goldberg controls the action.
McDavid takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from McDavid on the inside.
McDavid blocking some punches.
Goldberg lands an uppercut.
McDavid lands a body punch in the clinch.
Goldberg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McDavid lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goldberg backwards.
McDavid lands a shoulder strike.
McDavid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
McDavid stalling in the clinch but Goldberg improves position.
Goldberg takes a shot to the head.
McDavid misses with a punch on the inside.
McDavid misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from McDavid.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goldberg.
Goldberg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goldberg throws a head punch that misses.
McDavid lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Goldberg throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDavid misses with a body punch.
McDavid presses Goldberg against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McDavid has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Goldberg seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if McDavid can turn it around.
McDavid lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Goldberg or not.
McDavid can't find room to land a body shot as Goldberg controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McDavid.
Goldberg can't find room to land a body shot as McDavid controls the action.
Goldberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goldberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McDavid lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goldberg backwards.
Goldberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McDavid lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McDavid.
McDavid lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goldberg throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDavid tries to work over Goldberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McDavid.
Goldberg has a couple of punches blocked by McDavid.
McDavid scores with a shoulder strike.
McDavid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Connor McDavid will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bill Goldberg's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Goldberg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McDavid misses with a straight left.
McDavid scores with a body shot.
McDavid turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McDavid throws a head kick that Goldberg semi-blocks.
A nice inside leg kick there by McDavid. That's going to slow Goldberg down.
Goldberg has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Goldberg there as he acknowledges the shot.
Goldberg scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McDavid throws a looping overhand right but Goldberg ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Goldberg misses the target.
McDavid throws a jab but it's blocked by Goldberg.
Bill Goldberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDavid blocks a head kick by Goldberg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDavid scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Goldberg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McDavid.
A jab lands there for McDavid.
McDavid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McDavid with a hook.
Connor McDavid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McDavid on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Goldberg. Goldberg obviously looking to wear him down.
Goldberg fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch lands to the side of Goldberg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from Goldberg.
Goldberg tries to clinch up
and McDavid counters with a stiff right hand.
Goldberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDavid avoids the head kick by Goldberg.
Goldberg tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. McDavid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McDavid throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from McDavid, right into the meat of the thigh.
Goldberg wants to clinch up but McDavid keeps it at a distance.
Goldberg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Goldberg ducks under a wild hook from McDavid.
McDavid throws out a loose jab but Goldberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDavid cracks a nice hook into Goldberg's ribs.
Goldberg misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldberg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McDavid.
Goldberg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McDavid moves into range and connects with a jab.
Goldberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McDavid.
Goldberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDavid manages to avoid it.
Goldberg is looking to clinch but McDavid is avoiding it.
McDavid looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
McDavid is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Goldberg goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for McDavid.
McDavid connects with a nice looking jab.
McDavid moves out of range of the strikes.
McDavid looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Goldberg is looking to clinch.
McDavid doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDavid avoids the head kick by Goldberg.
Goldberg misses with a body punch
letting McDavid counter with a right hand.
Goldberg is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McDavid fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goldberg, pushing him back against the ropes.
Goldberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Connor McDavid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bill Goldberg's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
McDavid lands with a nice body punch.
McDavid works Goldberg's body with a nice hook.
Goldberg swings for the body but McDavid moves out of range.
Jab by McDavid.
Goldberg swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McDavid counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McDavid goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
 Goldberg is rocked!
Goldberg walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from McDavid! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Connor McDavid!
Connor McDavid seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Chanthaphone Southanouvong (ranked 2055 p4p, 2393 weight class) and Iaspero Yalixqua (ranked 275 p4p, 322 weight class). Southanouvong comes to the ring accompanied by Y-U- Smilin. Yalixqua has chosen Stop This Flame as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chanthaphone Southanouvong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iaspero Yalixqua!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yalixqua slips under a jab from Southanouvong.
Southanouvong staying out of range there.
Southanouvong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yalixqua manages to avoid it.
Yalixqua loads up on a big right hand but Southanouvong slips the punch.
Yalixqua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Southanouvong manages to avoid it.
Southanouvong looks to land a right hand but Yalixqua moved out of range.
Southanouvong scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yalixqua in his tracks.
Yalixqua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Southanouvong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yalixqua scores with a punch to the head.
Southanouvong misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yalixqua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yalixqua lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yalixqua's jab looks to have found its range, popping Southanouvong under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Southanouvong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yalixqua tries a quick counter leg kick but Southanouvong is wise to it.
Southanouvong throws a body shot but no joy.
Yalixqua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Southanouvong misses with an uppercut.
Southanouvong walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Yalixqua rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Southanouvong has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yalixqua takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Southanouvong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yalixqua.
Yalixqua misses with an uppercut. Southanouvong saw that one coming.
Yalixqua 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.
Yalixqua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Southanouvong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Yalixqua. That snapped Southanouvong's head back.
Yalixqua staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Yalixqua.
Southanouvong walks into a big right hand from Yalixqua and goes down! The referee sends Yalixqua to a neutral corner as Southanouvong gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Southanouvong is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Southanouvong cracks Yalixqua with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Southanouvong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like Iaspero Yalixqua has been cut.
Southanouvong glances at the clock... BAM! Yalixqua nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Southanouvong crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Southanouvong is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iaspero Yalixqua!
Iaspero Yalixqua spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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