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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Carson Tully (ranked 3760 p4p, 2387 weight class) and Toke Axelsen (ranked 383 p4p, 124 weight class). Tully comes to the ring accompanied by Aztec Tribe - Pistoleros. Axelsen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Slipknot - The Virus of Life. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carson Tully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Toke Axelsen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tully wants to clinch but Axelsen slips to the side
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tully tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Tully tries to clinch
and Tully takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tully tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Tully tries to clinch up
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tully tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tully closes the distance but Axelsen moves to the side
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tully tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
and Tully takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tully pushes Axelsen up against the ropes in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tully throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully misses with the head strike.
Tully looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tully misses with a punch on the inside.
Tully misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tully throws an elbow but it misses.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tully tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tully swings wildly with an uppercut but Axelsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tully just misses with a elbow thrown towards Axelsen's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tully just misses with a elbow thrown towards Axelsen's brow.
Tully throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tully misses with an elbow over the top.
Axelsen blocks the elbow strike.
Tully tries a knee to the head but Axelsen blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tully throws an elbow but misses.
Tully blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Axelsen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tully misses with an elbow strike.
Tully lands a damaging elbow.
Tully throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Axelsen avoids the elbow strike from Tully, against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Axelsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tully.
Axelsen avoids a wild elbow strike from Tully.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tully misses with an elbow over the top.
Tully throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tully.
Axelsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tully.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tully just misses with a elbow thrown towards Axelsen's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Toke Axelsen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tully closes the distance and pushes Axelsen back into the ropes.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tully just misses with a elbow thrown towards Axelsen's brow.
Axelsen blocks the elbow strike.
Tully throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tully misses with some punches.
Tully looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Axelsen landing knees to the body.
Axelsen lands a nice knee to the body.
Axelsen avoids a wild elbow strike from Tully.
Tully throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Axelsen.
Tully misses with a hook from the clinch.
Axelsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Tully avoids the damage to the body.
Carson Tully has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Axelsen missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully misses with the head strike.
Tully throws a punch but it's blocked by Axelsen.
Axelsen working Tully over with knees to the body.
Axelsen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tully seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Axelsen can turn it around.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tully is defending well for now.
Axelsen blocking some punches.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tully throws an elbow but it misses.
Axelsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Axelsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tully throws a head punch that misses.
Tully misses with an elbow strike.
Tully pushes off an throws an elbow but Axelsen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Axelsen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Axelsen avoids a wild elbow strike from Tully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tully pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tully tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tully pushes off an throws an elbow but Axelsen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Axelsen missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tully fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tully with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Axelsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tully misses with a hook from the clinch.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tully is defending well for now.
Tully tries to land a knee to the head but Axelsen blocks with his arms.
Tully gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Axelsen scores a nice knee to the body.
Tully fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Toke Axelsen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Tully's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tully tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Tully tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Tully tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Tully closes the distance looking to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tully looks to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tully tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
and Tully takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tully wants to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tully wants to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Tully wants to clinch but Axelsen slips to the side
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Axelsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tully tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully looks to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tully tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Tully looks to clinch
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tully moves to clinch but Axelsen breaks away
and Tully takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tully moves into range and clinches up with Axelsen.
Axelsen blocks an elbow strike.
Axelsen blocks the elbow strike.
Tully lands an elbow that stopped Axelsen in his tracks for a moment.
Axelsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Axelsen lands a good knee to the midsection. Tully won't want to take too many of those.
Tully comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Axelsen working Tully over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully looking to throw knees to the head but Axelsen is blocking nicely.
Tully throws a punch but it's blocked by Axelsen.
Tully misses with some punches.
Tully throws a punch but it's blocked by Axelsen.
Tully looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tully throws an elbow that misses.
Tully managing to block the knees to the body from Axelsen.
Tully blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Axelsen lands a knee to the body.
Tully misses with an elbow over the top.
Tully has a couple of punches blocked by Axelsen.
Axelsen avoids a wild elbow strike from Tully.
Tully looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tully scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Axelsen obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tully throws an elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Toke Axelsen really dominated that round.
That's time! Tully's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Tully tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toke Axelsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tully moves to clinch but Axelsen breaks away
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tully clinches up against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tully throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tully just misses with a elbow thrown towards Axelsen's brow.
Axelsen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Tully fails to land.
Tully creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Axelsen's defenses.
Axelsen blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Axelsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Axelsen. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tully tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tully lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully throws an elbow but it misses.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Axelsen lands a nice knee to the body.
Axelsen lands a knee to the body.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Axelsen scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Tully fails to land.
Axelsen working Tully over with knees to the body.
Tully misses with an elbow over the top.
Axelsen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tully in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tully throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tully misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Tully.
Axelsen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tully swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tully swings wildly with an uppercut but Axelsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Axelsen dodges an elbow strike from Tully.
Tully throws a head punch that misses.
Axelsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tully throws a punch but it's blocked by Axelsen.
Axelsen avoids a wild elbow strike from Tully.
Tully blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Axelsen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Axelsen lands a good knee to the midsection. Tully won't want to take too many of those.
Tully takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tully misses with an elbow strike.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tully is defending well for now.
Carson Tully has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tully misses with an elbow strike.
Tully misses with an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toke Axelsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Axelsen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Toke Axelsen!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Toke Axelsen!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Toke Axelsen!
Toke Axelsen wins by unanimous decision!
Toke Axelsen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jim Fish (ranked 2625 p4p, 2283 weight class) and Israel Adesanya (ranked 138 p4p, 118 weight class). Adesanya has chosen Israel Adesanya Entrance Music as his entrance music. Fish has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fish wants to clinch.
It seemed like Adesanya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fish throws a predictable looking body shot
and Adesanya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adesanya bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fish's head backwards.
Adesanya rushes Fish and presses him up against the ropes.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya cracks Fish with an open hand slap.
Adesanya slips a jab from Fish.
Adesanya cracks Fish with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya tests Fish's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adesanya blocks a low kick nicely.
Fish is breathing heavily.
A jab from Adesanya does it's job there.
Adesanya takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Adesanya.
Some wild striking there from Adesanya.
Fish swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Adesanya has closed the distance and engaged Fish in a clinch.
Adesanya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish throws a lazy right hand but Adesanya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fish takes a head kick and keeps coming.
 Fish is rocked!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Adesanya! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Israel Adesanya!
Israel Adesanya took some time post fight to say the following; 'Nos encanta una buena salida. Nos encanta una buena pelea. Esto es parte de la cultura. Directamente hacia arriba. Somos un país de raza guerrera, los maoríes. Esto es parte de nuestra cultura. Si estallara una pelea en este momento, ¿qué harían todos ustedes? Me ignorarías y verías la pelea.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ruslan Danilov (ranked 2525 p4p, 2653 weight class) and Lue Randle (ranked 130 p4p, 143 weight class). Ruslan Danilov had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lue Randle!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Randle misses with a body shot.
Randle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Danilov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Danilov tries to clinch up.
Randle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Randle lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Randle.
Randle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Danilov.
Randle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danilov throws a head kick but Randle moves out of range.
Randle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Danilov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Randle has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Danilov is landing a low percentage of strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Danilov does no damage.
Danilov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danilov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Randle throws a series of punches but Danilov moves out of range.
Randle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randle throws an overhand right that lands on Danilov's shoulder, as Danilov tries to avoid the shot.
Danilov throws a right hand that misses
and Randle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Danilov tries to clinch but Randle is having none of it.
Randle throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Danilov's head.
Randle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Danilov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Randle misses with a looping left.
Danilov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Danilov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danilov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Danilov throws a low kick but Randle moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Danilov.
Randle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Danilov.
Randle takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danilov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Randle thinks about the counter body kick.
Danilov lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Randle.
Danilov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Randle misses with a looping right.
Danilov went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Randle throws a sloppy head kick and Danilov moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Danilov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Danilov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Randle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Randle misses with a leg kick.
Danilov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Randle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Danilov tries to clinch but Randle is having none of it.
Randle lands with a slapping head kick.
Danilov moves out of range of the leg kick from Randle.
Randle throws a sloppy head kick and Danilov moves out of range easily.
Danilov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danilov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Randle checks a low kick from Danilov.
Randle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danilov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Randle manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lue Randle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A jab from Danilov finds it's way through Randle's defenses.
Danilov throws a hook but Randle avoids it easily.
Danilov misses with a few strikes there.
Randle takes one on the button.
Danilov avoids the body shot from Randle.
Danilov misses with a head kick.
Randle pushes Danilov away with a front kick.
Danilov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Randle.
Danilov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Randle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Danilov throws a head kick that Randle semi-blocks.
Randle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Danilov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danilov misses with a body kick.
Randle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Danilov looks to score with a jab to the body but Randle is just out of range.
Randle throws a fast counter high kick but Danilov manages to duck under it in time.
Danilov throws a series of punches but Randle moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randle misses with a body kick.
Danilov misses with a double jab.
Randle lands with a slapping head kick.
Danilov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ruslan Danilov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danilov throws a leg kick that misses.
Danilov misses with a body shot.
Danilov misses with the combination.
Danilov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Randle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danilov tries to clinch up but Randle circles away and keeps his distance.
Danilov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Randle counters with a nice uppercut.
Randle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Danilov.
Danilov is looking for a counter combo.
A left and a right from Danilov both land. Nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Randle throws a series of punches but Danilov avoids them all with ease.
Danilov dodges the punch combination from Randle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danilov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Randle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Danilov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A punch combination from Danilov misses.
Danilov has managed to clinch.
Randle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Danilov working aggressively here.
Randle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Danilov leaning against his opponent.
Randle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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 Ruslan Danilov will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Danilov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Randle circles away quickly and effectively.
Randle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Randle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Randle throws a head kick that misses.
Danilov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danilov throws a right hand that misses
and Randle counters with a one-two to the body.
Danilov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danilov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Danilov throws a punch but it's blocked by Randle.
Danilov trying to control the position but instead, Randle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Danilov into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danilov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Danilov has Randle pushed against the ropes.
Danilov displaying some good clinch control by pressing Randle up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov gets through Randle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Danilov misses with a body punch.
Danilov has Randle pressed against the ropes, preventing Randle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Danilov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Danilov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danilov misses with the head strike.
Randle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Randle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danilov misses with the head strike.
Randle wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov tries a body shot but Randle blocks it.
Danilov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Danilov looking to slow down the pace here.
Danilov tries to land a knee to the head but Randle blocks with his arms.
Danilov lands with a light punch inside.
Danilov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Randle avoids the head kick by Danilov.
Randle misses with a low kick.
Randle misses with a body kick.
Danilov throws a big counter combination but Randle scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Danilov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danilov takes the fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruslan Danilov clearly takes 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. This is the final round!
Randle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danilov moves out of range as Randle throws a body kick.
Randle misses with a body kick.
Randle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Danilov moves in looking to clinch but Randle pushes him off.
Danilov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Randle is trying to break the clinch but Danilov is controlling him.
Danilov has Randle pushed against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Danilov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danilov looking to stall.
Randle is trying to push Danilov away but Danilov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Danilov taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov misses with a body punch.
Randle is trying to break free.
Danilov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
 It looks like Lue Randle has been cut.
Danilov breaks from the clinch.
Danilov tries to clinch but Randle moves out of range.
Randle let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Danilov rushes Randle and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Randle has had enough of the clinch but Danilov keeps him there for the moment.
Danilov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Randle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danilov rushes Randle and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Danilov scores a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Danilov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov misses with a knee strike.
Danilov is trying to stall.
Danilov has Randle pressed against the ropes, preventing Randle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Danilov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Danilov lands a left hand.
Lue Randle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danilov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Danilov.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Danilov tries to work over Randle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Danilov effectively controlling the action here.
Ruslan Danilov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Danilov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruslan Danilov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Danilov 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 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Ruslan Danilov!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Ruslan Danilov!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Ruslan Danilov!
Ruslan Danilov wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Ruslan Danilov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jonathan Archer (ranked 1885 p4p, 4894 weight class) and Akeen Coker (ranked 89 p4p, 451 weight class). Jonathan Archer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Akeen Coker's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathan Archer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Archer circles away quickly and effectively.
Coker throws a head kick that misses.
Coker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Archer was well out of range. Poor timing from Coker.
Coker dips to his left and cracks Archer with an uppercut!
Archer clinches up with Coker and pushes him back against the ropes.
Coker is trying to break the clinch but Archer is controlling him.
Coker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Archer prevents Coker from breaking the clinch.
Coker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coker throws a hook but Archer blocks it.
Nice body punch from Archer.
Coker tries a head kick but it misses.
Coker throws a head kick that misses
and Archer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Akeen Coker has been cut.
Archer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Archer looks to score with a jab to the body but Coker is just out of range.
Archer misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Coker misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Archer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coker manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Coker.
A big left from Archer misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Archer.
Archer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coker.
Archer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Archer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Coker moves away.
Archer closes the distance and catches Coker with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Coker is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Coker is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Coker is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Archer takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jonathan Archer!
Jonathan Archer 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 middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Eron Saunders (ranked 3418 p4p, 2797 weight class) and African King (ranked 194 p4p, 158 weight class). Eron Saunders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, African King!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders misses with the combination.
Saunders closes the distance and pushes King back into the ropes.
Saunders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King has managed to clinch.
Saunders blocking some punches.
Saunders tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it.
King misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Saunders tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that King has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A hook to the body from Saunders.
Saunders working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Saunders as King tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders misses with an elbow over the top.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saunders goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King blocks the elbow strike.
King lands a body punch in the clinch.
King is stalling here.
Saunders is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saunders lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Saunders's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Saunders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Saunders paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saunders pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Saunders counters with a nice uppercut.
Saunders lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King throws a series of strikes that have Saunders backpedaling.
Saunders has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 4 in the buildup to the fight.
King tries to clinch
letting Saunders counter with a right hand.
It looks like African King has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saunders misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
Saunders lands a nice shot to the body.
King goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Saunders tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from King on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Saunders lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and King goes down! The ref sends Saunders to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and King is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
 King is rocked!
Saunders looking to land some kicks to the body here.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Saunders finish him?
King falls off balance throwing a combination
and Saunders counters with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eron Saunders dominated that round.
The cut man is working on African King's cut.
That's time! Saunders's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
King drops his guard momentarily, allowing Saunders to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes King! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Saunders takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Eron Saunders!
Eron Saunders decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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