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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Rivera (ranked 3802 p4p, 3713 weight class) and Elbow Zombie Chai (ranked 406 p4p, 396 weight class). 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 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Elbow Zombie Chai!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice body kick there by Chai.
Chai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chai scores with a sloppy right hand. Rivera should have avoided that one.
Chai blocks a head kick by Rivera.
Rivera walks forward, straight into a front kick from Chai.
Chai lunges at Rivera with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rivera's hand.
Rivera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rivera throws a series of punches but Chai avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rivera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chai cracks Rivera with an open hand slap.
Rivera throws a lazy head kick
and Chai counters with an outside leg kick.
Elbow Zombie Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chai. That's going to slow Rivera down.
Chai bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Chai tests Rivera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Chai as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai with a nice cross.
Rivera looks to throw the jab but Chai is out of range.
Chai scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chai throws a good cross that connects.
Chai fakes the leg kick and cracks Rivera in the body.
A solid body kick from Chai.
Nice uppercut there from Chai.
Chai connects with the punch.
Rivera misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chai lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chai.
Rivera misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Rivera.
Chai is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rivera with a body shot.
A cross from Chai lands.
Chai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rivera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chai cracks a nice hook into Rivera's ribs.
Rivera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chai lands with a nice combination. Rivera backs away looking to recover.
Chai clobbers Rivera with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Chai is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rivera had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rivera thows a leg kick but Chai checks it
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Chai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rivera's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rivera duly obliges.
Rivera needs to keep his hands up - Chai had a free shot at his head there.
Chai stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice body punch from Chai.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rivera, pushing him back against the ropes.
Rivera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chai has him pressed against the ropes.
Rivera looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Chai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rivera's defenses.
Chai lands an elbow inside that Rivera shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elbow Zombie Chai dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Rivera falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good leg kick by Chai.
Rivera throws a head kick that Chai semi-blocks.
Rivera throws a head kick but Chai moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Chai misses.
Chai works the jab nicely.
Rivera fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chai is out of range.
Rivera with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chai to score with a decent uppercut.
Rivera throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rivera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chai.
Chai lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rivera's sensitive parts.
Rivera will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Rivera.
Rivera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chai is looking to slow Rivera down with leg kicks.
Jab from Chai.
Rivera misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good exchange - Chai coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai fails to land with a series of punches.
Chai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chai connects with an inside leg kick.
Rivera takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rivera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rivera tried to counter with a leg kick but Chai avoided it.
Chai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivera looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chai checks a leg kick.
Alex Rivera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A left and a right from Chai both land. Nice combination.
Chai fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rivera.
Rivera throws a nice looking combination but Chai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice uppercut there from Chai.
Chai stuns Rivera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throws a leg kick that misses.
Chai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Elbow Zombie Chai is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Chai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Chai with a nice cross.
Rivera walks into a jab.
A nice leg kick from Chai, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivera misses with a body shot.
Chai moves out of range of the body kick from Rivera.
Chai scores with the left hand. Rivera knows he should have avoided that one.
Rivera walks into a straight right hand from Chai.
Chai avoids the head kick by Rivera.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Chai.
Good exchange - Chai coming out on top.
Rivera 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.
Alex Rivera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elbow Zombie Chai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chai 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 18:20
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 18:20
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 18:20
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elbow Zombie Chai!
A victorious Elbow Zombie Chai 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 lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Keiran Ahearn (ranked 5885 p4p, 5438 weight class) and Kawainui Perry (ranked 497 p4p, 484 weight class). 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 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiran Ahearn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kawainui Perry!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ahearn circles away quickly and effectively.
Ahearn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Perry.
Ahearn scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Ahearn.
A left lands for Perry.
A big left from Perry misses.
Perry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perry throws a sloppy head kick and Ahearn moves out of range easily.
Ahearn tries to counter by clinching up but Perry breaks away and moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ahearn.
Ahearn drops his hands momentarily and Perry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Perry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ahearn's hands.
Ahearn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ahearn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perry can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perry digs a good hook to Ahearn's body.
Perry throws an off balance right hand
and Ahearn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ahearn blocks an uppercut.
Perry is trying to break the clinch but Ahearn has him pressed against the ropes.
Perry throws a head punch that misses.
Perry lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry has a couple of punches blocked by Ahearn.
Perry is working Ahearn over against the ropes.
Ahearn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ahearn dodges an elbow strike from Perry.
Ahearn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perry.
A body shot lands from Ahearn.
Perry misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Ahearn.
Ahearn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perry.
Ahearn pushes Perry back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ahearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perry misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perry.
Perry prevents a body shot from Ahearn.
Ahearn scores with a shoulder strike.
Ahearn lands an uppercut.
Ahearn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perry.
Perry looks winded!
Ahearn presses Perry against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahearn lands a left hand.
A short left from Ahearn.
Ahearn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ahearn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ahearn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
Ahearn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahearn pushes Perry back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ahearn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ahearn lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Ahearn as the two fighters clinch.
Ahearn gets through Perry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ahearn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perrys head.
Ahearn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ahearn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahearn lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Ahearn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ahearn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahearn.
Perry swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahearn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ahearn blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ahearn.
A shot in the inside from Ahearn.
Ahearn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perrys head.
Perry is trying to break the clinch but Ahearn has him pressed against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Keiran Ahearn dominated that 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.
Ahearn loads up on a big right hand but Perry slips the punch.
Kawainui Perry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perry lands with a cross.
Ahearn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ahearn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Perry connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ahearn scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Perry finds it's way through Ahearn's defenses.
Ahearn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Perry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ahearn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kawainui Perry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perry cracks a nice hook into Ahearn's ribs.
Ahearn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab from Perry misses.
Perry throws the left hand but Ahearn avoids the punch easily.
Perry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ahearn throws out the jab.
Ahearn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perry can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perry takes one to the chin there.
Ahearn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perry manages to avoid it.
Perry tries to score with a low kick but Ahearn moves his leg out of the way.
Ahearn tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perry manages to circle out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahearn moves away.
Ahearn with a hook.
Ahearn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ahearn throws out a powerful jab.
Perry missing with a left hand there. Ahearn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ahearn looks to land a left hand but Perry moved out of range nicely.
Perry slips a straight right by Ahearn.
Perry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perry moves in looking to clinch but Ahearn pushes him off.
Perry keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ahearn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Perry connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ahearn scrambles back to his feet.
Perry throws the left hand but Ahearn avoids the punch easily.
Perry tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ahearn walks into a left hand.
Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perry.
Perry scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Perry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn throws a shot from downtown. Perry moves away and avoids it.
Perry looks to score with a jab to the body but Ahearn is just out of range.
Perry misses with a left hand
and Ahearn counters by moving into the clinch.
Ahearn lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Ahearn - that landed with a thud.
Perry is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ahearn.
Ahearn gets through Perry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perry throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Perry.
Ahearn misses with a punch to the body.
Ahearn lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ahearn.
Perry struggles to land a body shot inside as Ahearn controls his hands.
Ahearn takes an elbow to the temple.
Ahearn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahearn lands a hook that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
Ahearn works on Perry's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Ahearn.
A short left from Ahearn.
Keiran Ahearn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ahearn lands an uppercut.
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 Keiran Ahearn.
I think Ahearn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 20:18
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 20:18
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 20:18
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keiran Ahearn!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Steven Seagal (ranked 5691 p4p, 1246 weight class) and Liam Higgins (ranked 230 p4p, 75 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Seagal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Not for Sale. Steven Seagal had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Seagal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Higgins!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Higgins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Seagal doesn't seem bothered though.
Seagal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Higgins counters with a left to the body.
Higgins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Seagal has time to react.
 It looks like Steven Seagal has been cut.
Seagal walks into a left hand.
Seagal takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Steven Seagal's cut is getting worse.
Higgins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Seagal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Higgins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Higgins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seagal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seagal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Steven Seagal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seagal misses with a right hand
and Higgins counters with a straight right hand that connects right on the button, dropping Seagal 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 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Liam Higgins!
A relieved looking Liam Higgins thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Steven Seagal stepped up to the mic, saying 'My new movie called Buffet Siege 2 is coming straight to dvd. You can order it now for $50 on my website StevenSeagalBullshido.com I'm moving to London since I've recently signed for 300 FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP and plan to take that belt, so watch your ass son this guy ain't playing with fire no more!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero Vogels (ranked 5875 p4p, 3324 weight class) and Nicolas Djotodia (ranked 512 p4p, 363 weight class). Djotodia has chosen KU LO SA by Oxlade as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nero Vogels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicolas Djotodia!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djotodia throws a jab when Vogels was well out of range.
Djotodia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Djotodia throws an overhand right that lands on Vogels's shoulder, as Vogels tries to avoid the shot.
Djotodia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Djotodia wants to land a leg kick but Vogels is out of range.
A big right from Djotodia misses.
Vogels lunges at Djotodia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Djotodia's hand.
Djotodia throws out a powerful jab.
Vogels displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Djotodia throws out the jab.
Djotodia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Djotodia tries to work over Vogels's front leg with a kick but Vogels checks it.
Vogels throws a looping overhand right but Djotodia ducks down to avoid it.
Vogels with the inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vogels checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vogels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Djotodia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vogels moves away.
Djotodia lands with an uppercut that bounces Vogels off the ropes and back into range.
Vogels lands a jab to the head.
Djotodia fakes the leg kick and cracks Vogels in the body.
Djotodia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vogels's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Djotodia moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Vogels blocks the low kick.
It looked like Vogels was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Djotodia.
Djotodia scores with the left hand. Vogels knows he should have avoided that one.
Djotodia misses with a body kick.
Djotodia misses with a hook. Vogels ducked under it nicely.
Djotodia defending well as Vogels loads up on a big left hand.
Vogels misses with a series of wild punches.
Djotodia throws a jab when Vogels was well out of range.
Vogels fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vogels connects with an inside leg kick.
Djotodia blocks the body kick.
Vogels takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vogels fails to land with a series of punches.
Vogels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Djotodia! But no joy.
Djotodia cracks Vogels with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Vogels 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 Vogels is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
It looks like Nero Vogels has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vogels thuds a left hand into Djotodia's body.
Djotodia misses with a left hand
letting Vogels counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vogels lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vogels takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Djotodia misses with a looping left.
Vogels circles away from the clinch attempt.
Djotodia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vogels is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Vogels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A bone on bone clash there as Djotodia blocks the leg kick.
Vogels moves into the clinch.
Vogels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Djotodia backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Djotodia obliges.
Vogels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Djotodia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vogels can pounce on him.
Vogels swings for the body but Djotodia moves out of range.
Djotodia shapes to counter with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Djotodia. That's going to slow Vogels down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vogels blocks a jab.
Djotodia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vogels throws a sloppy head kick and Djotodia moves out of range easily.
Vogels slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Nicolas Djotodia should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Nero Vogels's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Djotodia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vogels is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Djotodia misses with a hook
enabling Vogels to counter with a crisp jab.
Vogels looks for the body kick but Djotodia saw that one coming.
A punch lands to the side of Vogels 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Djotodia misses with a low kick as Vogels jumps back.
Djotodia swings widly with a right hand
and Vogels counters with a one-two to the body.
Nicolas Djotodia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Djotodia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vogels lands with a shot to the body.
Vogels misses with a body shot.
Vogels checks a leg kick.
Djotodia walks into a stiff left hand from Vogels.
Nice defenses there by Vogels.
Djotodia lands a leg kick that knocks Vogels off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Djotodia.
Vogels with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vogels scores with a decent looking hook.
Djotodia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vogels manages to avoid it.
Vogels moves out of range as Djotodia strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Djotodia misses with a looping left.
Vogels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vogels checks a low kick from Djotodia.
Djotodia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vogels if he has to take too many more of those.
Djotodia tries to close the distance and clinch but Vogels swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Vogels.
Vogels feints and then cracks Djotodia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Djotodia down.
Djotodia throws out a loose jab but Vogels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Djotodia walks into a stiff left hand from Vogels.
Djotodia throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Djotodia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vogels doesn't seem phased though.
Vogels keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Djotodia.
Vogels lands a nice shot to the body.
Djotodia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vogels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vogels misses with an uppercut.
Djotodia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Vogels takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Djotodia misses.
Vogels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Djotodia's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Djotodia.
A big left from Djotodia misses.
Djotodia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vogels loads up on a big right hand but Djotodia slips the punch.
Djotodia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vogels pushes Djotodia away with a front kick.
Djotodia is breathing heavily.
Vogels lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vogels scores with a jab to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Vogels!
Vogels connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Djotodia misses with a looping right.
Vogels throws a leg kick which misses Djotodia's front leg but catches the back leg as Djotodia tries to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Djotodia moves out of range as Vogels throws a body kick.
You can see that Djotodia has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Djotodia is looking to clinch but Vogels is avoiding it.
Djotodia works the jab nicely.
Djotodia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nero Vogels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Djotodia motions for Vogels to come forward. Djotodia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nero Vogels showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 18:19
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 18:19
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 18:19
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicolas Djotodia!
After the fight, Nicolas Djotodia 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 featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Piger Whok (ranked 21655 p4p, 23977 weight class) and Pharoah The First Chai (ranked 393 p4p, 407 weight class). Whok kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is King of Kings - Motorhead. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Piger Whok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pharoah The First Chai!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whok misses with a low kick.
Whok shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chai eats them both and turns towards Whok to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Whok throws a sloppy head kick and Chai moves out of range easily.
Chai scores with a jab to the head.
Whok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai blocks the body kick.
Chai is looking to land body kicks.
Chai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chai takes a swing at Whok's ribcage but misses.
Chai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Whok.
Whok scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Whok throws a head kick but Chai moves out of range.
Whok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chai.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whok checks a leg kick nicely.
Chai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Whok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by Whok.
Chai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whok.
Whok does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chai now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chai.
Whok is looking for a counter combo.
Whok misses with a combination
and whilst Whok still has his hands down, Chai counters with a perfectly aimed head kick that sends Whok crashing to the mat! Will he recover? 3,4,5,6,7 - he's back up! The referee looks into his eyes and asks him to walk forwards. He's going to allow this one to continue but will Whok be able to survive another onslaught?
Whok misses with a head kick.
Chai staying out of range there.
Chai throws a leg kick but Whok sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Whok was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A jab from Chai misses.
Whok motions for Chai to come forward. Whok throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chai is looking for the big counter here.
Whok throws a push kick but Chai slaps the foot to one side.
Whok will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chai scores with a push kick.
Whok ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Whok throws a big counter combination but Chai scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chai.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chai fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Whok on the side of the head.
Whok will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A bone on bone clash there as Chai blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chai.
 Whok is rocked!
Whok tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Chai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oh Whok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chai blocks a head kick by Whok.
Whok connects with a leg kick.
Whok seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chai.
A low kick from Whok is predictable there
and Chai counters with a nice low kick that buckles Whok's knee momentarily.
Whok throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Chai to counter with a crisp jab.
Whok throws a series of punches but Chai avoids them all with ease.
Whok throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Piger Whok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whok connects with an inside leg kick.
Whok scores with a spinning back kick!
Chai blocks a head kick by Whok.
Chai is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whok.
As Chai looks to move away, Whok throws a big counter combo but Chai just gets out of the way.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Whok is breathing heavily.
A punch lands to the side of Whok 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Whok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chai.
Whok avoids the head kick by Chai.
Crack! A monster head kick from Chai and Whok falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Chai!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Pharoah The First Chai!
A relieved looking Pharoah The First Chai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce Chang (ranked 2235 p4p, 3225 weight class) and Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 295 p4p, 395 weight class). Chang's entrance music is Kung Fu Fighting ft. Fatboy Slim. A fine choice. Elizondo has chosen Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee as his entrance music. On his way into the ring it seems that Bruce Chang has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bruce Chang seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 25 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaizka Elizondo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elizondo lands with a hook. Chang tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chang gets a clinch.
Elizondo told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Chang throws a punch but it's blocked by Elizondo.
Elizondo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Elizondo. Elizondo obviously looking to wear him down.
Elizondo misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Chang counter with a right hand.
Elizondo thows a leg kick but Chang checks it
and Chang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Elizondo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaizka Elizondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick from Elizondo, right into the meat of the thigh.
Elizondo throws a leg kick which misses Chang's front leg but catches the back leg as Chang tries to avoid it.
Elizondo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chang.
Elizondo swings widly with a right hand
and Chang counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Elizondo misses
and Chang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Elizondo throws an overhand right that lands on Chang's shoulder, as Chang tries to avoid the shot.
Chang moves away from the strike by Elizondo.
Elizondo misses with a straight right.
Chang has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Canadian Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Chang slips under a jab from Elizondo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang moves out of range as Elizondo strikes.
Gaizka Elizondo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Elizondo.
Chang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A low kick from Elizondo is predictable there
and Chang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Elizondo throws a lazy right hand but Chang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chang gets a clinch.
Chang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Chang digs a right hand into Elizondo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Elizondo's gas tank.
Elizondo blocks a body shot from Chang.
Chang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Elizondo looks winded!
Elizondo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chang lands a nice shot to the body.
Chang lands a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Chang.
A nice left hand lands by Chang.
Chang works on Elizondo's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Chang.
Chang lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elizondo blocking some punches.
Chang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang lands an uppercut.
A short left from Chang.
Chang leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Chang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Chang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chang can't find room to land a body shot as Elizondo controls the action.
Elizondo tries a body shot but Chang blocks it.
Chang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short right from Elizondo.
Chang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chang misses with the head strike.
Chang has Elizondo pressed against the ropes, preventing Elizondo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chang lands a shoulder strike.
Chang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Chang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
 Elizondo is rocked!
Chang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Elizondo is still on wobbly legs! Can Chang finish him?
Elizondo is trying to push Chang away but Chang has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Chang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Elizondo backwards.
Chang breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Elizondo with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Elizondo looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Elizondo get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bruce Chang!
Bruce Chang decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Gaizka Elizondo spoke after the fight, saying 'gonna take some time off '.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Iggy Pop (ranked 5606 p4p, 5670 weight class) and Bruno Berinjela (ranked 494 p4p, 498 weight class). Berinjela is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: “Yoda” by Weird Al. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 3, fighting out of London, Iggy Pop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Berinjela!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Berinjela tries to get set, Pop tries to push him back and clinch up but Berinjela manages to avoid the attempt.
Berinjela is looking to slow Pop down with leg kicks.
Pop tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berinjela dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pop. That did some damage!
Pop pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pop stuns Berinjela with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A low kick from Berinjela misses
and Pop counters by moving into the clinch.
Pop tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berinjela's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berinjela blocks an elbow strike from Pop.
Berinjela is trying to force a seperation but Pop has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Berinjela.
Berinjela wants to get back to striking at distance but Pop won't allow it.
Berinjela managing to block the knees to the body from Pop.
Berinjela makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Berinjela throws an elbow that misses.
Pop lands an elbow just above Berinjela 's eye.
 It looks like Bruno Berinjela has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berinjela is trying to break free.
Berinjela lands an elbow just above Pop 's eye.
Pop lands an elbow inside that Berinjela shrugs off.
Berinjela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pop has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Berinjela wants to get back to striking at distance but Pop won't allow it.
Pop lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berinjela.
Pop creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Berinjela's defenses.
Pop with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pop.
Berinjela looks winded!
Pop blocks the elbow strike.
Berinjela blocks the elbow strike.
Pop lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Pop - that landed with a thud.
Berinjela takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Berinjela is defending well for now.
Pop throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pop comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Berinjela looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pop lands an elbow just above Berinjela 's eye.
That has opened up Bruno Berinjela's cut even more.
Berinjela takes an elbow to the temple.
Pop throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berinjela blocks it with crossed arms.
Berinjela has had enough of the clinch but Pop keeps him there for the moment.
Pop landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pop.
Pop lands with a short shot to the head.
Pop tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Berinjela manages to break the clinch.
Pop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berinjela moves away.
A low kick from Berinjela is predictable there
and Pop counters by clinching up.
Pop comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Berinjela is rocked!
Berinjela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Berinjela is still on wobbly legs! Can Pop finish him?
Berinjela tries to get into range but Pop steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Berinjela! 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! Pop scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iggy Pop!
Iggy Pop 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 super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Waldron (ranked 20989 p4p, 2750 weight class) and Vincent McGuire (ranked 261 p4p, 108 weight class). McGuire has chosen Beartooth - You Never Know as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Waldron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waldron ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Waldron throws a hook but McGuire blocks it.
McGuire misses with an uppercut
and Waldron counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Waldron looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGuire throws a sloppy head kick and Waldron moves out of range easily.
McGuire misses with a lunging right hand
and Waldron counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McGuire throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Waldron counters with a nice uppercut.
McGuire throws a right hand that misses
and Waldron counters with a nice leg kick.
McGuire looks winded!
Waldron delivers a nice body kick.
Waldron throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McGuire 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.
Waldron scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Waldron rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but McGuire has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
McGuire gets tackled into the ropes by Waldron. Waldron maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Waldron cracks McGuire with a big elbow that drops him to the floor! Great elbow by Waldron! Will McGuire beat the count? 2,3,4,5 - he's back up on 5 and seems OK to continue. Back to the action!
McGuire is rocked!
It looks like Vincent McGuire has been cut.
Waldron fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McGuire is still on wobbly legs! Can Waldron finish him?
McGuire misses with a right hand
and Waldron counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Waldron!
Vincent McGuire was interviewed post fight and said 'Gi'mmie my Money! '.
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between En Route (ranked 4219 p4p, 4874 weight class) and Addition BySubtraction (ranked 307 p4p, 346 weight class). BySubtraction has chosen Lay My Claim as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait 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 18 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, En Route!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Addition BySubtraction!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BySubtraction has closed the distance and engaged Route in a clinch.
BySubtraction takes a shot to the head.
BySubtraction is trying to break free.
BySubtraction tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Route avoids it.
Nice elbow from BySubtraction.
It looks like En Route has been cut.
BySubtraction throws a punch but it's blocked by Route.
BySubtraction has had enough of the clinch but Route keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Route throws an elbow but misses.
Route misses with a body punch.
BySubtraction blocks an elbow strike.
BySubtraction manages to break the clinch.
BySubtraction swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Route.
Route gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Route ducks under a wild hook from BySubtraction.
A good leg kick by BySubtraction.
Route has been working on his boxing with his coaches at MMA Training and Sparring Buddies in the buildup to the fight.
BySubtraction throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Route counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BySubtraction misses the body punch
and Route counters with a nice uppercut.
BySubtraction misses with a body shot.
Route was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
BySubtraction swings away with a body shot that misses
and Route counters with an inside leg kick.
Route blocks a jab.
Route uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from BySubtraction.
Route swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BySubtraction throws the left hand but Route avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Route was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from BySubtraction.
Route moves out of range of the strikes.
Route takes a body punch but keeps moving.
BySubtraction misses with an uppercut.
BySubtraction lands with an uppercut that bounces Route off the ropes and back into range.
Route looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Route slips under a jab from BySubtraction.
BySubtraction throws a sloppy body shot
and Route counters by clinching up.
BySubtraction prevents a body shot from Route.
BySubtraction is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Route is defending well for now.
Route tries a body shot but BySubtraction blocks it.
BySubtraction has a couple of punches blocked by Route.
BySubtraction blocking some punches.
Route lands with a short shot to the head.
BySubtraction misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Route.
Route makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Route fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Route blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BySubtraction manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Route connects with a jab.
BySubtraction shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Route smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
BySubtraction throws out a loose jab but Route uses good head movement to avoid it.
Route throwing a counter right hand but BySubtraction manages to avoid it.
BySubtraction jabbing away but nothing is landing.
BySubtraction swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Route closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
BySubtraction is trying to push Route away but Route has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Route managing to block the knees to the body from BySubtraction.
BySubtraction wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Route keeps the fight in the clinch, despite BySubtraction's efforts to push away.
BySubtraction looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Route.
BySubtraction tries to break the clinch but Route is controlling the position.
BySubtraction takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Route on the inside.
Route scores with a hook to the body.
BySubtraction landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that En Route will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on En Route's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Route looks to score with a jab to the body but BySubtraction is just out of range.
BySubtraction throws a sloppy body shot
and Route counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Route scores with the left hand. BySubtraction knows he should have avoided that one.
Route throws a sloppy head kick and BySubtraction moves out of range easily.
BySubtraction waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Route.
Route slips a straight right by BySubtraction.
BySubtraction tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Route was well out of range. Poor timing from BySubtraction.
Route appears to be looking for a big counter.
Route lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
BySubtraction misses with a straight right.
BySubtraction misses with a looping left.
Route scores with the left hand. BySubtraction knows he should have avoided that one.
BySubtraction throws a hook but Route avoids it easily.
BySubtraction ducks under a wild hook from Route.
Route fakes high and swings low for a body shot but BySubtraction manages to avoid it.
BySubtraction misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BySubtraction throws a jab when Route was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts BySubtraction, as that shot connected.
BySubtraction misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Route.
BySubtraction forces Route back against the ropes and clinches.
Route misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Route.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Route.
BySubtraction misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Route.
Route tried to land a shot to the body but connects with BySubtraction's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on BySubtraction's face as he tries to break the clinch.
BySubtraction is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BySubtraction.
BySubtraction tries to break the clinch but Route is controlling the position.
Route stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Route presses BySubtraction against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Route lands a left hand.
BySubtraction is looking to break free of the clinch but Route has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for BySubtraction.
A short body shot lands from BySubtraction as the two fighters clinch.
BySubtraction misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Route.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Route lands a body punch in the clinch.
Route misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Route.
BySubtraction is breathing heavily.
Route doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Route working aggressively here.
Route lands a shoulder strike.
Route misses with an elbow strike.
Route working aggressively here.
Route lands a nice shot to the body.
Route working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
BySubtraction can't break the clinch.
Route throws a head punch that misses.
BySubtraction misses with a hook to the ribs.
Route blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Route doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Route.
BySubtraction pushes Route back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
BySubtraction is trying to break the clinch but Route is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BySubtraction.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Route.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
En Route dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on En Route's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
BySubtraction takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Addition BySubtraction has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
En Route is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Route moves out of range as BySubtraction strikes.
BySubtraction throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Route sees it coming and avoids it easily.
BySubtraction swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Route on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
BySubtraction looks to land a left hand but Route moved out of range nicely.
BySubtraction ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
BySubtraction throws a hook but Route blocks it.
Route bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Route wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
BySubtraction throws an off balance right hand
and Route counters with a left and a right that stings BySubtraction.
BySubtraction scores with a jab to the body.
BySubtraction connects with a good right hand that stumbles Route. Route circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
BySubtraction throws a right hand that misses
and Route counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Route.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Route managing to block the knees to the body from BySubtraction.
BySubtraction tries a body shot but Route blocks it.
En Route has scored more points in the clinch so far.
BySubtraction's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BySubtraction moves out of range of the body kick from Route.
Route steps to the side to avoid the strikes from BySubtraction.
BySubtraction takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
BySubtraction throws a sloppy body shot
and Route counters with a straight right hand.
BySubtraction throws a right hand that misses
and Route counters with a left and a right that stings BySubtraction.
BySubtraction tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Route was well out of range. Poor timing from BySubtraction.
Route throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
BySubtraction throws a hook to the side of Route's head but Route sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Route tried to counter with a leg kick but BySubtraction avoided it.
BySubtraction misses with a left hand
and Route counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
BySubtraction swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Route is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that BySubtraction can do to turn this around?
Route takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
BySubtraction digs a good body shot into Route's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Route forces BySubtraction back against the ropes and clinches.
BySubtraction working hard to break the clinch.
BySubtraction misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BySubtraction missing with knees to the body.
Route misses with a short punch on the inside.
BySubtraction misses with a shot to the kidneys.
BySubtraction missing with knees to the body.
BySubtraction looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
BySubtraction can't break the clinch.
Route misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Route.
Route presses BySubtraction against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from BySubtraction.
Route lands an uppercut.
BySubtraction tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Route avoids it.
Route managing to block the knees to the body from BySubtraction.
BySubtraction works on Route's body with a couple of short punches.
Route lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of BySubtraction backwards.
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 En Route.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Route, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... En Route!
During a confident post fight interview, En Route thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 21647 p4p, 2564 weight class) and Iaspero Yalixqua (ranked 598 p4p, 341 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Superstar Cypress Hill. Yalixqua has chosen Stop This Flame as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 26 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Iaspero Yalixqua!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salamanca throws a jab when Yalixqua was well out of range.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick but Salamanca sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Yalixqua is just out of range.
Salamanca has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yalixqua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Salamanca - that will leave a mark!
Yalixqua scores with a hook.
Yalixqua throws a shot from downtown. Salamanca moves away and avoids it.
Yalixqua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salamanca.
Yalixqua misses with a leg kick.
Salamanca throws a lazy right hand but Yalixqua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yalixqua lands a right hook to the body.
Yalixqua shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yalixqua misses with an uppercut. Salamanca saw that one coming.
Salamanca scores with a body shot.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yalixqua wants to land a leg kick but Salamanca is out of range.
Yalixqua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salamanca.
Yalixqua looks to throw the jab but Salamanca is out of range.
It looked like Salamanca wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Salamanca ducks right into an uppercut from Yalixqua.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yalixqua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salamanca.
Yalixqua connects with a crisp jab.
Salamanca looks to land a right hand but Yalixqua moved out of range.
Salamanca lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Salamanca darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Yalixqua is just out of range.
A combination from Salamanca does no damage.
Salamanca scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Yalixqua saw that one coming.
Yalixqua flicks out a counter leg kick but Salamanca steps away.
Salamanca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yalixqua moves out of range of the strikes.
Salamanca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yalixqua.
A lazy left from Yalixqua finds it's target.
Yalixqua connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Salamanca throws an overhand right that lands on Yalixqua's shoulder, as Yalixqua tries to avoid the shot.
Salamanca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yalixqua manages to avoid it.
Salamanca lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yalixqua uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a big shot that misses.
Salamanca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Salamanca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yalixqua throws a wild body kick that Salamanca sees coming a mile off.
Yalixqua finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yalixqua takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Salamanca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yalixqua connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Salamanca scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yalixqua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Salamanca looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yalixqua thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yalixqua fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Salamanca.
Salamanca lands with a nice body punch.
Salamanca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yalixqua.
Salamanca misses with a hook. Yalixqua ducked under it nicely.
Salamanca throws a chopping leg kick but Yalixqua manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've been informed that Yalixqua 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.
Yalixqua takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Salamanca misses with a wild body shot.
Salamanca throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yalixqua.
A low kick lands for Yalixqua.
Salamanca feints and then cracks Yalixqua's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yalixqua down.
Salamanca lands a jab to Yalixqua's midsection.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yalixqua moves away.
Yalixqua attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Salamanca throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca digs a good body shot into Yalixqua's ribs.
Salamanca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Iaspero Yalixqua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yalixqua.
Salamanca throws a body shot but no joy.
Yalixqua throws a chopping leg kick but Salamanca manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that round.
That's time! Salamanca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yalixqua's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salamanca under the eye.
Salamanca on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yalixqua blocks a jab.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick but Salamanca sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Yalixqua.
Salamanca misses with a kick to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Salamanca here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Salamanca swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick
and Salamanca counters with a slapping leg kick.
Salamanca tries to work over Yalixqua's front leg with a kick but Yalixqua checks it.
Yalixqua misses with a straight right.
Yalixqua slips under a jab.
Yalixqua attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yalixqua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yalixqua throws a low kick, looking for Salamanca's leg but Salamanca calmly moves out of range.
Salamanca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yalixqua with a jab.
Yalixqua slips under a jab from Salamanca.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy right hand. Yalixqua should have avoided that one.
Yalixqua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yalixqua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Yalixqua throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Yalixqua lands an impressive looking overhand right. Salamanca doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca lands with an overhand left.
Salamanca turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Salamanca staying out of range there.
Salamanca is looking to counter punch.
A clash of legs there as Salamanca blocks the low kick.
Salamanca walks into a left hand.
Salamanca connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yalixqua's hands.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yalixqua throws a solid leg kick but Salamanca takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yalixqua.
Salamanca tried to counter with a leg kick but Yalixqua avoided it.
Salamanca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yalixqua scores with a jab to the jaw.
Iaspero Yalixqua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yalixqua loads up on a big right hand but Salamanca slips the punch.
Salamanca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yalixqua.
Salamanca misses with a body shot.
Yalixqua loads up on a big right hand but Salamanca slips the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yalixqua.
Yalixqua ducks right into an uppercut from Salamanca.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua throws a big shot that misses.
As Yalixqua backs away, Salamanca returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Salamanca moves out of range of the leg kick from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua staying out of range there.
Yalixqua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yalixqua under the eye.
Salamanca lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salamanca throws a shot from downtown. Yalixqua moves away and avoids it.
Yalixqua gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Salamanca fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yalixqua checks it well.
Salamanca keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Salamanca moves out of range of the strikes.
Yalixqua takes one on the button.
Yalixqua misses the jab.
Salamanca throws an overhand right that lands on Yalixqua's shoulder, as Yalixqua tries to avoid the shot.
Salamanca checks a leg kick nicely.
Salamanca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yalixqua throws a low kick, looking for Salamanca's leg but Salamanca calmly moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Yalixqua.
Salamanca moves away from the strike by Yalixqua.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca throws a jab when Yalixqua was well out of range.
Yalixqua throws a hook but Salamanca avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Salamanca blocks the leg kick.
Salamanca was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Salamanca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yalixqua chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Marco Salamanca will probably get the nod.
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!
Salamanca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Salamanca throws an overhand right that lands on Yalixqua's shoulder, as Yalixqua tries to avoid the shot.
Yalixqua throws a lazy right hand but Salamanca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salamanca swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yalixqua throws an overhand right that lands on Salamanca's shoulder, as Salamanca tries to avoid the shot.
Yalixqua throws a hook but Salamanca avoids it easily.
Salamanca is looking to slow Yalixqua down with leg kicks.
Salamanca tests Yalixqua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yalixqua looks to throw the jab but Salamanca is out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A big right from Yalixqua misses.
Yalixqua scoring well with a low kick there.
Salamanca steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yalixqua. That one must have hurt.
Salamanca connects with a nice looking jab.
Yalixqua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Yalixqua looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Salamanca uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yalixqua keeps Salamanca at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yalixqua moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
Salamanca walks into a jab.
Salamanca checks a low kick from Yalixqua.
Salamanca moves out of range of the strikes.
Yalixqua walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Salamanca moves out of range as Yalixqua throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Salamanca there.
Yalixqua connects with a nice looking jab.
Yalixqua misses with a body shot
and Salamanca counters with a left to the body.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salamanca connects with a nice looking jab.
Salamanca throws a body punch but Yalixqua moves out of range.
Yalixqua throws a poor cross that misses
and Salamanca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yalixqua thows a body kick. Salamanca tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yalixqua scores with a spinning back kick!
Salamanca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yalixqua.
Salamanca misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yalixqua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Salamanca defending well as Yalixqua loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Yalixqua.
Salamanca scoring well with a low kick there.
Yalixqua tries a low kick but Salamanca avoids it.
Salamanca scores with a punch to the head.
Salamanca fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yalixqua checks it well.
Salamanca misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yalixqua checks a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yalixqua.
Salamanca with the inside leg kick.
Yalixqua ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yalixqua moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a hook but Yalixqua avoids it easily.
Yalixqua scores with a leg kick.
Salamanca checks the leg kick.
Salamanca scores with a decent looking hook.
Yalixqua throws the left hand but Salamanca avoids the punch easily.
Salamanca with a nice calf kick.
Salamanca slips under a jab from Yalixqua.
Salamanca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Salamanca is looking for a counter combo.
Yalixqua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yalixqua bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salamanca's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yalixqua walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Salamanca checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Salamanca digs a good hook to Yalixqua's body.
Salamanca catches Yalixqua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from Yalixqua.
Salamanca moves out of range of the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Iaspero Yalixqua.
Well Salamanca 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca 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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