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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Abraham Barnes (ranked 22212 p4p, 4660 weight class) and Carson Tully (ranked 445 p4p, 475 weight class). Barnes comes into the arena with VETERAN! blaring out of the sound system. Tully has chosen Aztec Tribe - Pistoleros as his entrance music. Abraham Barnes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abraham Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carson Tully!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tully.
Tully fails to land with a series of punches.
Barnes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tully looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Barnes swats away the attempt to clinch by Tully.
Tully fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes is looking to counter punch.
Tully lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tully moves in looking to clinch but Barnes pushes him off.
Barnes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tully misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tully goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barnes 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.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Tully's body. Tully takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tully with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barnes to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Tully does no damage.
Tully tries to clinch up but Barnes circles away and keeps his distance.
Tully throws a right and a left that Barnes avoids nicely.
Tully drops his hands momentarily and Barnes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jab by Barnes.
Carson Tully seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes lands a head shot.
 Tully is rocked!
Tully lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Tully is still on wobbly legs! Can Barnes finish him?
Tully walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Abraham Barnes!
Abraham Barnes tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Lue Randle (ranked 2879 p4p, 5431 weight class) and Darwin Budluvski (ranked 157 p4p, 314 weight class). Darwin Budluvski is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lue Randle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 27 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Darwin Budluvski!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Randle. Those never looked like landing.
Budluvski throws a nice looking combination but Randle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Randle tries to counter by clinching up but Budluvski breaks away and moves out of range.
Randle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Budluvski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Budluvski looks for the body kick but Randle saw that one coming.
Randle moves in looking to clinch but Budluvski pushes him off.
Randle is looking to clinch but Budluvski is avoiding it.
Budluvski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Randle moves away.
A big left from Budluvski misses.
Budluvski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Randle checks it well.
Randle tries to close the distance and clinch but Budluvski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Budluvski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Budluvski. Those never looked like landing.
Randle lands with a kick to the temple. Budluvski shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Randle throws a leg kick but Budluvski moved away.
Budluvski scores with a body shot.
Randle wants to clinch.
Budluvski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Randle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Budluvski misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Budluvski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Budluvski wants to counter the offense by Randle and move into the clinch position.
Budluvski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Randle manages to avoid it.
Budluvski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Budluvski misses the jab.
Randle throws a nice looking combination but Budluvski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Randle tries to clinch but Budluvski moves out of range.
Budluvski misses with a low kick.
Darwin Budluvski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left and a right from Randle both land. Nice combination.
Randle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A shot to the body from Budluvski misses
and Randle counters by moving into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Randle.
Randle misses with a punch on the inside.
Randle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Budluvski breaks the clinch.
Budluvski misses the shot to the body.
Randle tries to clinch but Budluvski is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Budluvski can pounce on him.
Budluvski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Budluvski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Randle misses with a two punch combination.
Budluvski wants to counter with a clinch but Randle pushes him away.
Budluvski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Randle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Randle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Budluvski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Budluvski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Budluvski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Randle counters with a straight right hand.
Randle drives through and clinches with Budluvski against the ropes.
Randle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Budluvski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randle moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hook to the body lands for Budluvski.
Randle scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Budluvski.
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 Lue Randle will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Randle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Randle blocks a jab.
Budluvski gets a clinch.
Budluvski throws a head punch that misses.
Budluvski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Budluvski misses with a straight left.
Randle is looking to clinch but Budluvski is avoiding it.
Budluvski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Randle was well out of range. Poor timing from Budluvski.
Budluvski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Randle rather than just go for the knockout.
Budluvski swats away the attempt to clinch by Randle.
Randle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Randle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Budluvski on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick from Budluvski, right into the meat of the thigh.
Budluvski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Randle is able to avoid easily.
Randle tries to clinch up.
A left and a right from Randle both land. Nice combination.
Randle scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budluvski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lue Randle is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budluvski rushes Randle and presses him up against the ropes.
Randle has had enough of the clinch but Budluvski keeps him there for the moment.
Budluvski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Randle tries to clinch but Budluvski moves out of range.
Randle tries to clinch but Budluvski moves out of range.
Darwin Budluvski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Randle ducks under a wild hook from Budluvski.
Randle moves out of range of the leg kick from Budluvski.
A slow jab from Budluvski misses its intended target.
Lue Randle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Budluvski, as that shot connected.
Budluvski is looking to score with low kicks.
Randle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Budluvski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randle doesn't manage to clinch there - Budluvski circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Randle scores with a four punch combination!
Budluvski has closed the distance and engaged Randle in a clinch.
Budluvski misses with a body punch.
Budluvski misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budluvski misses with a punch on the inside.
Randle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Randle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budluvski throws a head punch that misses.
Budluvski misses with the head strike.
Randle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Budluvski backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Budluvski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Budluvski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Budluvski.
Randle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Randle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Budluvski misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Darwin Budluvski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Randle tries to clinch there but Budluvski circles away.
Randle instigates a clinch.
Budluvski misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Budluvski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Budluvski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Randle breaks from the clinch.
Budluvski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Budluvski misses with an uppercut.
Randle tries to counter by clinching up but Budluvski breaks away and moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Budluvski throws a hook but Randle avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Budluvski. Randle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Randle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Budluvski is looking to chop away at Randle's legs.
Nice body kick there by Randle.
Budluvski misses with an uppercut. Randle saw that one coming.
Randle seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Randle closes the distance and clinches.
Lue Randle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A frustrated look appears on Randle's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budluvski prevents Randle from breaking the clinch.
Budluvski breaks from the clinch.
Randle instigates a clinch.
Budluvski misses with the head strike.
Budluvski breaks the clinch.
Budluvski missing with a left hand there. Randle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Randle wants to clinch.
Budluvski is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Randle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Budluvski throws out the jab.
Randle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Budluvski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Budluvski lands a nice shot to the body.
Randle wants to clinch.
Budluvski misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Randle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Budluvski misses with a double jab.
Randle throws a solid leg kick but Budluvski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Randle.
Randle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Budluvski.
Randle is looking to clinch but Budluvski is avoiding it.
Budluvski swats away the attempt to clinch by Randle.
Budluvski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Randle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Budluvski.
Budluvski misses with a straight right.
Randle clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budluvski misses with the head strike.
Budluvski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Budluvski misses with a right hand
and Randle counters by clinching up.
Budluvski swings wildly with an uppercut but Randle uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Darwin Budluvski just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Randle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Randle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Budluvski throws a body punch but Randle moves out of range.
Randle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Budluvski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Randle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Randle moves into the clinch.
Budluvski breaks from the clinch.
Budluvski takes a swing at Randle's ribcage but misses.
Randle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Budluvski manages to circle out of the way.
Randle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Budluvski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Budluvski throws a hook to the side of Randle's head but Randle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Randle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Budluvski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Randle.
Randle is looking to clinch.
Randle dodges the punch combination from Budluvski.
Budluvski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Budluvski misses with a hook
and Randle moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budluvski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Randle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Randle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Budluvski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Budluvski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Randle doesn't manage to clinch there - Budluvski circles away.
Budluvski misses with a looping right.
Randle wants to clinch up but Budluvski keeps it at a distance.
Budluvski fails to land with a series of punches.
Randle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lue Randle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Budluvski working hard to break the clinch.
Budluvski working aggressively here.
Budluvski breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Budluvski misses.
Randle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Budluvski eats them both and turns towards Randle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Budluvski gets a clinch.
Budluvski is trying to force a seperation but Randle has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randle breaks from the clinch.
Randle tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Budluvski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Budluvski missing with a left hand there. Randle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Budluvski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Budluvski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Randle manages to break the clinch.
Randle wants to clinch.
Budluvski connects with a leg kick.
Budluvski throws a half hearted mid kick.
It looked like Randle was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Randle tries to clinch up.
Randle moves out of range as Budluvski strikes.
Randle tries to clinch up but Budluvski circles away and keeps his distance.
Budluvski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Randle moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Darwin Budluvski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Budluvski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 37:39
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 37:39
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 37:39
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darwin Budluvski!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Darwin Budluvski made sure he mentioned Hawaii Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Antoine Milfort (ranked 2503 p4p, 2042 weight class) and Cavalho Atunes (ranked 287 p4p, 234 weight class). Milfort's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Whiskey Myers - Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd.. Atunes has chosen Makeba as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Cavalho Atunes enters 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 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antoine Milfort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavalho Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milfort takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Atunes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Atunes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Milfort will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Atunes throws a leg kick which misses Milfort's front leg but catches the back leg as Milfort tries to avoid it.
Milfort bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Atunes's head.
 It looks like Cavalho Atunes has been cut.
Milfort misses with a low kick.
Milfort throws a lazy uppercut
and Atunes counters with a nice leg kick.
Atunes has closed the distance and engaged Milfort in a clinch.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
Milfort working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Atunes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Milfort.
Milfort working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Milfort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atunes has Milfort pressed against the ropes, preventing Milfort from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Milfort swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atunes looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Milfort's face.
Atunes takes a shot to the head.
Milfort lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes stalling in the clinch but Milfort improves position.
Atunes tries a knee to the head but Milfort blocks it.
Atunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Milfort uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the head but Milfort blocks with his arms.
Atunes lands a knee to the head.
Milfort scores with a shot to the side of Atunes's head.
Atunes slowing the pace effectively.
Atunes blocking some punches.
Atunes presses Milfort against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
Milfort lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Atunes backwards.
Atunes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Milfort or not.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Milfort misses with a body punch.
Milfort struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atunes pushes Milfort back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Milfort misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes blocks an uppercut.
Milfort swings wildly with an uppercut but Atunes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Milfort working aggressively here.
Milfort throws a head punch that misses.
Milfort lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Atunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Milfort takes a knee to the side of the body.
Atunes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Milfort's elbow.
Atunes blocks a body shot from Milfort.
Milfort can't find room to land a body shot as Atunes controls the action.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atunes.
Atunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Atunes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cavalho Atunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cavalho Atunes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Milfort throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Atunes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A head kick misses from Milfort.
And Atunes responds with a good body kick, but Milfort manages to step out the way in time.
A swing and a miss from Milfort.
Atunes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Milfort misses with an uppercut
and Atunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Milfort chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Atunes can pounce on him.
Milfort takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Milfort misses with a head kick.
Milfort looks to land a left hand but Atunes moved out of range nicely.
Milfort misses with a two punch combination.
Good exchange - Atunes coming out on top.
Atunes slips a straight right by Milfort.
We've been told by Milfort's head coaches at LA FIGHT BARN that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Milfort avoids a kick to the body.
Atunes tried to score with a low kick but Milfort checks it.
A cross from Atunes lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Milfort misses.
Atunes throws out a counter right but Milfort avoids it with no problem.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milfort throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milfort finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Milfort looks to land a left hand but Atunes moved out of range nicely.
Milfort misses with a head kick.
Atunes avoids the body shot from Milfort.
It seemed like Atunes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Milfort misses.
Milfort on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Atunes slips a jab from Milfort.
Atunes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Milfort throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Atunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Milfort misses with a straight left.
Milfort pivots, looking for a leg kick but Atunes is out of range and Milfort settles back down.
Milfort pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Milfort throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Atunes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Atunes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Milfort throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Milfort backing away here, and Atunes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Milfort misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
Milfort scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Milfort loads up on a big right hand but Atunes slips the punch.
Milfort thows a left - swing and a miss!
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milfort throws out the jab.
Atunes thinks about the counter body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Atunes.
Milfort lands with a cross.
Milfort throws a hook to the side of Atunes's head but Atunes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Milfort swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Milfort throws a looping overhand right but Atunes ducks down to avoid it.
Milfort misses with a lunging right hand
and Atunes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Milfort misses with a straight right.
Milfort throws a poor cross that misses
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Milfort misses with a right hand
letting Atunes counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Milfort misses with a left hand
and Atunes counters with a leg kick.
Atunes throws a front kick that sends Milfort stumbling back into the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cavalho Atunes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Cavalho Atunes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Atunes lunges at Milfort with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Milfort's hand.
Milfort connects with a right hand. Atunes shakes it off.
A slow jab from Milfort misses its intended target.
Atunes throws a leg kick which misses Milfort's front leg but catches the back leg as Milfort tries to avoid it.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milfort throws out the jab.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Milfort.
Antoine Milfort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Milfort throws out the jab.
Atunes scores with a three punch combo!
 Milfort is rocked!
Atunes sizes up Milfort with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oh Milfort is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Milfort walks into a stiff left hand from Atunes.
Atunes avoids the head kick by Milfort.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milfort throws a body punch but Atunes moves out of range.
Milfort walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Milfort is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cavalho Atunes!
Post fight, Cavalho Atunes stared into the camera and said 'Quero agradecer aos fãs e ao meu treinador!!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kron McGregor (ranked 3015 p4p, 3048 weight class) and Ruslan Danilov (ranked 319 p4p, 172 weight class). Ruslan Danilov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kron McGregor'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 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kron McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danilov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McGregor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Danilov. Danilov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McGregor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McGregor feints a jab promting Danilov to slip. McGregor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Danilov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Danilov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGregor manages to avoid it.
McGregor avoids the head kick by Danilov.
McGregor 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.
Danilov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGregor tries to clinch but Danilov moves out of range.
Danilov throws a head kick that misses.
McGregor misses with a body shot.
Danilov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McGregor moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGregor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McGregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Danilov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGregors head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Danilov.
Danilov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Danilov tries to work over McGregor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Danilov holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Danilov struggles to land a body shot inside as McGregor controls his hands.
McGregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Danilov trying to control the position but instead, McGregor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Danilov into the ropes.
Danilov lands a nice uppercut.
Danilov struggles to land a body shot inside as McGregor controls his hands.
Danilov misses with some punches.
Danilov slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on McGregor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Danilov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danilov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Danilov misses with a knee to the head.
McGregor prevents a body shot from Danilov.
McGregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Danilov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Danilov misses with a knee to the head.
Danilov tries to land knees in the clinch but McGregor avoids the damage to the body.
Danilov misses with some punches.
Danilov with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruslan Danilov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Danilov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McGregor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Danilov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. McGregor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McGregor appears to be looking for a big counter.
Danilov throws a low kick but it's checked well by McGregor.
McGregor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Danilov misses with a few strikes there.
Danilov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
An inside leg kick from Danilov misses.
Danilov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danilov moves in looking to clinch but McGregor pushes him off.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danilov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGregor.
McGregor was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McGregor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Danilov is out of range.
It seemed like Danilov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Danilov blocks a head kick by McGregor.
McGregor throws a leg kick but Danilov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McGregor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danilov scrambles back to his feet.
McGregor clinches up against the ropes.
McGregor is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGregor.
McGregor is trying to push Danilov away but Danilov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Danilov prevents McGregor from breaking the clinch.
Danilov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danilov works on McGregor's body with a couple of short punches.
McGregor breaks the clinch.
Danilov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danilov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGregor circles away quickly and effectively.
Danilov just misses with a punch to the body.
McGregor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
McGregor throws a sloppy head kick
and Danilov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Danilov closes the distance and pushes McGregor back into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Danilov.
A short left from Danilov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Danilov has him pressed against the ropes.
McGregor struggles to land a body shot inside as Danilov controls his hands.
Danilov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danilov works over McGregor's head and body with a nice combination.
Danilov moves out of range as McGregor throws a body kick.
Danilov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McGregor momentarily.
McGregor lands an overhand right.
A low kick from Danilov is predictable there
enabling McGregor to counter with a crisp jab.
McGregor wants to clinch up but Danilov keeps it at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Danilov. Those never looked like landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruslan Danilov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Danilov closes the distance and clinches.
Danilov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Danilov trying to land knees to the body.
Danilov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McGregor avoids it.
Danilov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Danilov misses with a body punch.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McGregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Danilov has double underhooks.
Danilov digs a right hand into McGregor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McGregor's gas tank.
Danilov connects with a nasty looking knee right to McGregor's face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGregor is trying to push Danilov away but Danilov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Danilov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McGregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danilov misses with a low kick.
Danilov delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor scores with a head kick.
Danilov has closed the distance and engaged McGregor in a clinch.
McGregor prevents a body shot from Danilov.
Danilov swings wildly with an uppercut but McGregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGregor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Danilov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danilov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McGregor is looking to counter the offense by Danilov and move into the clinch.
McGregor is looking to clinch but Danilov is avoiding it.
McGregor wants to clinch up but Danilov keeps it at a distance.
McGregor is looking to clinch but Danilov is avoiding it.
McGregor misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor lands a head shot.
Danilov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McGregor seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Danilov throws out a leg kick but McGregor moves out of range and Danilov only half commits.
Danilov blocks a head kick by McGregor.
McGregor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danilov.
McGregor is looking to counter the offense by Danilov and move into the clinch.
McGregor wants to clinch up but Danilov keeps it at a distance.
McGregor drops his hands momentarily and Danilov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danilov darts in and clinches McGregor up against the ropes.
McGregor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Danilov presses McGregor against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Danilov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGregor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruslan Danilov really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Danilov tries to throw a body punch but McGregor avoids it by throwing Danilov back against the ropes.
Danilov swings wildly with an uppercut but McGregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danilov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McGregors head.
Danilov gets through McGregor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Danilov is leaning against McGregor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Danilov lands a hook that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
Danilov keeps control of McGregor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danilov misses with some punches.
McGregor tries to break free but Danilov pushes him back against the ropes.
Danilov struggles to land a body shot inside as McGregor controls his hands.
Danilov manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Danilov.
McGregor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McGregor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Danilov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McGregor.
Danilov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McGregor jabs at Danilov's body.
Danilov tries to clinch but McGregor moves out of range.
Danilov avoids the head kick by McGregor.
Danilov lands a high kick!
Danilov tries to score with a low kick but McGregor moves his leg out of the way.
McGregor appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danilov throws a chopping leg kick but McGregor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McGregor tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Danilov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McGregor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danilov throws a sloppy head kick and McGregor moves out of range easily.
McGregor fires out a quick counter leg kick but Danilov just manages to avoid it.
Kron McGregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Danilov blocks the leg kick.
Danilov throws a leg kick
and McGregor counters with a three punch combo that has Danilov backing up. Danilov nods at McGregor to acknowledge the strikes.
Ruslan Danilov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Danilov checks a leg kick nicely.
Danilov is looking for the big counter here.
McGregor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
McGregor lands a jab to the head.
McGregor blocks a head kick by Danilov.
McGregor throws a right hand that Danilov ducks under and follows up with a left that Danilov also avoids with ease.
McGregor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGregor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGregor gets tackled into the ropes by Danilov. Danilov maintains the clinch.
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 Kron McGregor.
I think Danilov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 37:39
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 37:39
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 37:39
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruslan Danilov!
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 heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stony Marciano (ranked 4587 p4p, 21440 weight class) and Jake Demuss (ranked 451 p4p, 557 weight class). Marciano comes to the ring accompanied by IQ 98. The crowd seem to be enjoying Demuss's choice of entrance music: Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stony Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Demuss!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano throws a hook but Demuss blocks it.
Marciano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Demuss thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Marciano if he has to take too many more of those.
Demuss slips a jab and a cross from Marciano.
Demuss looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marciano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Demuss counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demuss staying out of range there.
Marciano backing away here, and Demuss unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Demuss lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Marciano there.
Demuss lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Demuss throws a front kick that sends Marciano stumbling back into the ropes.
Marciano misses with an uppercut.
A punch combination from Marciano misses.
Demuss looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Marciano throws a jab when Demuss was well out of range.
Demuss swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marciano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Demuss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marciano is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Demuss circles away.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Marciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Demuss ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Demuss doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marciano digs a good body shot into Demuss's ribs.
Marciano thows a leg kick but Demuss checks it
and Demuss counters with a one-two to the body.
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 Stony Marciano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Demuss blocks a head kick by Marciano.
Demuss is trying to counter with his kicks.
Marciano lands with a straight right. Demuss didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Jake Demuss has been cut.
Marciano throws a leg kick that is checked
and Demuss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marciano is looking to slow Demuss down with leg kicks.
Marciano throws a lazy body kick
and Demuss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marciano throws a leg kick but Demuss sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demuss keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marciano.
Demuss now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Demuss with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stony Marciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marciano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Demuss counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Demuss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demuss slows down the pace here.
Demuss lands a shoulder strike.
Demuss working aggressively here.
Demuss gets through Marciano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Demuss prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Demuss prevents Marciano from breaking the clinch.
Demuss leaning against his opponent.
Marciano letting Demuss take a breather here.
Demuss scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demuss gets through Marciano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Demuss.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demuss's elbow.
Demuss lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Demuss on the inside.
Marciano is rocked!
Demuss creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Marciano crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Marciano face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Demuss takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jake Demuss!
A relieved looking Jake Demuss 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 middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Colestein Veglin (ranked 1633 p4p, 3935 weight class) and Eron Saunders (ranked 189 p4p, 233 weight class). Eron Saunders is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colestein Veglin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veglin tries to clinch up but Saunders circles away and keeps his distance.
Saunders is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Saunders takes a swing at Veglin's ribcage but misses.
Saunders throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saunders rushes Veglin and presses him up against the ropes.
Saunders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good shot there by Veglin.
Saunders gets a clinch.
We've been informed that Saunders 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.
Saunders manages to break the clinch.
Veglin throws a lazy body kick
and Veglin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saunders gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saunders avoids the elbow strike from Veglin, against the ropes.
Veglin tries to throw a body punch but Saunders avoids it by throwing Veglin back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders lands an elbow that stopped Veglin in his tracks for a moment.
Saunders lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saunders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saunders throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Veglin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saunders manages to avoid it.
Veglin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saunders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saunders. Veglin does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Veglin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Saunders.
Veglin misses with a right hand
and Saunders counters with a straight right hand.
Saunders ducks under a wild hook from Veglin.
Saunders feints and then cracks Veglin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Veglin down.
Saunders moves into range and connects with a jab.
Saunders throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Veglin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veglin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saunders scores with a nice right hand.
Veglin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saunders.
Veglin jabs Saunders right on the nose. Saunders blinks but takes it well.
Veglin misses with a body shot.
Veglin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saunders swings for the body but Veglin moves out of range.
Saunders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Veglin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Veglin scores with a punch to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eron Saunders dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Veglin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Colestein Veglin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saunders swings for the body but Veglin moves out of range.
Veglin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Saunders swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Veglin closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Saunders crashing to the mat! Saunders uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Eron Saunders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders throws a leg kick but Veglin checks it.
Saunders moves into the clinch.
Saunders has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saunders lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Veglin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Veglin avoids a wild elbow strike from Saunders.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Veglin as Saunders tries to tie him up.
Saunders misses with a body punch.
Saunders manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders throws a right and a left that Veglin avoids nicely.
Veglin staggers Saunders with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Saunders looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Saunders is rocked!
Saunders digs a good hook to Veglin's body.
Saunders is still on wobbly legs! Can Veglin finish him?
Saunders has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Saunders misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Veglin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Saunders.
Saunders seems to have recovered his senses.
A combination from Veglin does no damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Saunders goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Veglin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Veglin is looking to clinch but Saunders is avoiding it.
Veglin slips a jab and a cross from Saunders.
Veglin gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders prevents Veglin from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saunders.
Saunders lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saunders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Veglin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saunders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saunders lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Veglin misses with a double jab
and Saunders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Veglin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saunders gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saunders lands a nice elbow.
Veglin working hard to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Colestein Veglin takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Saunders pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veglin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Saunders lands with a nice body punch.
Veglin throws a nice looking combination but Saunders bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Veglin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saunders throws a jab when Veglin was well out of range.
Veglin dodges the punch combination from Saunders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veglin misses with an uppercut
and Saunders counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saunders gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Veglin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders cracks Veglin with a nice body shot.
Saunders lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Veglin backwards.
Saunders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Veglin's elbow.
Nice elbow from Saunders.
Saunders works on Veglin's body with a couple of short punches.
Saunders stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Saunders lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saunders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Veglins head.
Veglin is rocked!
Veglin trying to control the position but instead, Saunders has worked for underhooks and has pushed Veglin into the ropes.
Oh Veglin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Veglin is trying to break the clinch but Saunders has him pressed against the ropes.
Veglin seems to have got his legs back now.
Saunders manages to break the clinch.
Veglin connects with a looping right hand.
Eron Saunders seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Veglin misses with an uppercut
and Saunders counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Veglin to the mat, face first! Saunders goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Veglin is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saunders is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Veglin.
Veglin walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Eron Saunders!
Eron Saunders tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Israel Adesanya (ranked 2622 p4p, 2335 weight class) and Moses Okafor (ranked 139 p4p, 126 weight class). Adesanya comes to the ring accompanied by Israel Adesanya 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 4 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adesanya throws a head kick but Okafor moves out of range.
Okafor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adesanya misses with a right hand
and Okafor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Adesanya delivers a nice body kick.
Adesanya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Adesanya. Those never looked like landing.
Okafor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Okafor doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Okafor manages to avoid it.
Adesanya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okafor.
Okafor appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
No joy there for Adesanya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adesanya lands a nice looking body kick.
Adesanya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Okafor.
Adesanya forces Okafor back against the ropes and clinches.
Okafor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Okafor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adesanya misses with a leg kick.
Adesanya looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya throws a low kick but Okafor avoids it.
Okafor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Adesanya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okafor was well out of range. Poor timing from Adesanya.
Adesanya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Adesanya throws a low kick but Okafor moves out of range easily.
Adesanya lands a head kick. Okafor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adesanya fails to land with a series of punches.
Adesanya swings away with a body shot that misses
and Okafor counters with a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Israel Adesanya dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Okafor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adesanya wants to clinch.
Okafor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adesanya with a body shot.
A big right from Adesanya misses.
Okafor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adesanya with a body shot.
Adesanya rushes Okafor and presses him up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor manages to break the clinch.
Adesanya throws a body punch but Okafor moves out of range.
Okafor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adesanya with a body shot.
Adesanya throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Okafor counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya connects with a body shot that sends Okafor's belly button to the back.
Adesanya misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Okafor misses.
Adesanya throws the kick towards the body but Okafor avoids it.
Adesanya wants to clinch
and Okafor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Adesanya with the inside leg kick.
Adesanya throws a lazy right hand but Okafor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya throws a series of punches but Okafor moves out of range.
Okafor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adesanya with a body shot.
Adesanya throws a combination. Okafor tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A solid leg kick lands there for Adesanya.
Okafor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okafor let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adesanya. Okafor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adesanya is looking to wear down Okafor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Adesanya changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Okafor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adesanya.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Israel Adesanya dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Okafor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adesanya swings for the body but Okafor moves out of range.
Okafor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adesanya.
Adesanya tries a head kick but it misses.
Okafor takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Adesanya.
Adesanya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Okafor can do to turn this around?
Adesanya misses with a low kick as Okafor jumps back.
Okafor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Adesanya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Adesanya cracks Okafor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adesanya misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Okafor misses.
Adesanya tries a head kick but it misses.
Okafor appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A nice combination there by Adesanya.
Adesanya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya tries to close the distance and clinch but Okafor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adesanya throws a half hearted mid kick.
Adesanya misses with a wild body shot.
Okafor appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Adesanya looks to land a left hand but Okafor moved out of range nicely.
Okafor circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice side step and Okafor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A head kick misses from Adesanya.
Adesanya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Israel Adesanya clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Adesanya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Okafor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Adesanya does no damage.
A nice side step and Okafor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adesanya throws an off balance right hand
and Okafor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Adesanya thumps Okafor with a low kick.
Adesanya throws a head kick but Okafor moves out of range.
Okafor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adesanya with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya moves into the clinch.
Okafor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adesanya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Okafor checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor swats away the attempt to clinch by Adesanya.
Okafor let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adesanya connects with a jab.
Adesanya misses with a wild body shot.
Adesanya misses with a wild body shot.
Adesanya lands a high kick!
Israel Adesanya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Okafor misses.
Adesanya throws a head kick that misses.
Okafor appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Adesanya looks to land a right hand but Okafor moved out of range.
Okafor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adesanya. Okafor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Okafor appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Adesanya connects with a body shot.
Okafor moves out of range as Adesanya throws a body kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adesanya misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Okafor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that's the end of the fight!
Israel Adesanya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adesanya 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 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 40:35
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 40:35
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 40:35
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Israel Adesanya!
A relieved looking Israel Adesanya 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 middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand Jr (ranked 3461 p4p, 3457 weight class) and Alexander Vij (ranked 384 p4p, 373 weight class). Durand Jr comes into the arena with Birdman & Lil Wayne - Stuntin' Like My Daddy blaring out of the sound system. Jacques Durand Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Vij!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durand Jr misses with a head kick.
Vij moves out of range of the body kick.
Vij looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vij with the inside leg kick.
Durand Jr misses with an uppercut
and Vij counters with a nice uppercut.
Vij avoids the body shot from Durand Jr.
Durand Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vij tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durand Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Vij.
Jacques Durand Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durand Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Durand Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand Jr with a nice calf kick.
Durand Jr looks to throw the jab but Vij is out of range.
Vij only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Vij rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Durand Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Durand Jr really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Durand Jr ducks under a wild hook from Vij.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand Jr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vij has closed the distance and engaged Durand Jr in a clinch.
Vij blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vij.
Durand Jr tries a body shot but Vij blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durand Jr.
Vij swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vij tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Durand Jr's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Vij.
Durand Jr blocking some punches.
Vij lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vij landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vij misses with the head strike.
Vij landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Durand Jr is breathing heavily.
Vij struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand Jr controls his hands.
Vij tries a body shot but Durand Jr blocks it.
Vij tries a body shot but Durand Jr blocks it.
Durand Jr tries to circle away but Vij has him pinned against the ropes.
Durand Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vij creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vij misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vij struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand Jr controls his hands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vij misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vij tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Vij.
A right hand to the body from Vij.
Durand Jr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vij tries a body shot but Durand Jr blocks it.
Durand Jr tries to throw a body punch but Vij avoids it by throwing Durand Jr back against the ropes.
Vij lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vij throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vij gets through Durand Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vij throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vij works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vij misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Vij.
A short right from Vij.
Durand Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vij is defending well for now.
Vij avoiding damage as Durand Jr throws knees to the body.
Vij digs a right hand underneath Durand Jr's ribcage. Durand Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Vij.
Vij lands a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Vij dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Durand Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durand Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vij looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vij misses with a body shot
and Durand Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Durand Jr tries to clinch but Vij moves out of range.
Vij lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vij just misses with a punch to the body.
Vij looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vij avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Durand Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vij moves away.
Vij swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Durand Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand Jr throws a push kick but Vij slaps the foot to one side.
Vij scores with a shot to the body.
Vij fakes the leg kick and cracks Durand Jr in the body.
Jacques Durand Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Durand Jr throws a leg kick but Vij sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from Vij misses.
Durand Jr misses with an uppercut
and Vij connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durand Jr misses the body punch
and Vij holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Durand Jr working aggressively here.
Durand Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durand Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Vij uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vij scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vij using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vij doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durand Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vij is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vij lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Durand Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vij is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vij creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Vij to work.
Vij lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vij is leaning against Durand Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vij tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vij looking to slow down the pace here.
Vij has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vij connects with a knee to the head.
Vij scores with a knee to the head.
Vij tries a body shot but Durand Jr blocks it.
Vij throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Durand Jrs head.
Alexander Vij seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Durand Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Durand Jr avoiding damage as Vij throws knees to the body.
Vij lands a hook that snaps the head of Durand Jr backwards.
Vij is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Durand Jr is defending well for now.
Vij tries to throw a body punch but Durand Jr avoids it by throwing Vij back against the ropes.
Vij lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vij working Durand Jr over with knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Vij showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Durand Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Vij's shoulder, as Vij tries to avoid the shot.
Vij is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Durand Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vij misses with a low kick as Durand Jr jumps back.
Durand Jr throws out a loose jab but Vij uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durand Jr throws a sloppy head kick
and Vij makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand Jr walks into a jab.
Vij tests Durand Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Durand Jr throws a nice looking combination but Vij bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vij jabs Durand Jr right on the nose. Durand Jr blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vij.
Vij ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vij tries to counter by closing the distance.
Vij lands with a right hand.
Vij misses with a hook
and Durand Jr counters with a left and a right that stings Vij.
Durand Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vij gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Durand Jr pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Vij lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short uppercut from Vij.
Vij with a knee to the head.
Durand Jr is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vij digs a right hand underneath Durand Jr's ribcage. Durand Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oh Durand Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durand Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Vij cracks Durand Jr with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Durand Jr goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Durand Jr wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alexander Vij!
A relieved looking Alexander Vij 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 middleweight kickboxing rules bout between African King (ranked 3301 p4p, 2415 weight class) and Roberto Congo (ranked 199 p4p, 278 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, African King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Roberto Congo!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo misses with a body kick.
King throws a counter high kick but Congo was just alert enough to avoid it.
King looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King misses with a hook
and Congo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
King has closed the distance and engaged Congo in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Congo.
King is leaning against Congo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King'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.
Congo takes a shot to the head.
Congo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Congo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Congo has a couple of punches blocked by King.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Congo.
Congo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Congo is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Congo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Congo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Congo taking a breather.
Congo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Congo tries to move into range but King moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Roberto Congo has been cut.
Congo throws a leg kick but King moved away.
Congo moves into range and clinches up with King.
A shot in the inside from Congo.
Congo with a knee to the head.
 It looks like African King has been cut.
Congo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Congo controls the action.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Congo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Congo.
Congo lands a shoulder strike.
King is rocked!
King is working Congo over against the ropes.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Congo is working King over against the ropes.
Congo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Congo.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Congo.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Congo.
Congo cracks King with a big uppercut, right up the middle and King goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! King wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Roberto Congo!
Roberto Congo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jonathan Archer (ranked 2079 p4p, 2905 weight class) and Toke Axelsen (ranked 108 p4p, 160 weight class). Axelsen has chosen Slipknot - The Virus of Life as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathan Archer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Toke Axelsen!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Archer misses with a body shot
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer throws out a powerful jab.
Archer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Archer misses with a shot to the body
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer wants to clinch but Axelsen slips to the side
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Archer misses with a hook to the body
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Archer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the body from Archer misses
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer misses the body punch
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer misses with a body shot
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Axelsen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Archer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Archer digs a good body shot into Axelsen's ribs.
Jonathan Archer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Archer moves into the clinch.
Archer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Archer misses with some punches.
Axelsen blocks an uppercut.
Axelsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Archer is trying to stall.
Archer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Archer misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelsen blocking some punches.
Archer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Archer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Axelsens head.
Archer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Archer scores with a shot to the side of Axelsen's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Archer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Archer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen blocks an uppercut.
Archer misses with the head strike.
Archer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Archer misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Axelsen prevents a body shot from Archer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Archer is defending well for now.
Archer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Archer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Axelsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Archer avoids it.
Axelsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Archer throws a head punch that misses.
Axelsen working Archer over with knees to the body.
Archer throws a punch but it's blocked by Axelsen.
Axelsen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Archer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Archer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Axelsen blocking some punches.
Archer misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Archer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Archer lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Archer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Archer lands a hook that snaps the head of Axelsen backwards.
Archer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Archer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Archer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Archer is defending well for now.
Archer is looking to control Axelsen's arms but Axelsen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Archer has his back to the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Axelsen obliges.
Axelsen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Archer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Archer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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 Jonathan Archer will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Archer misses with a left hand
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer throws a sloppy body shot
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer misses the body punch
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Archer misses the body punch
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
Archer swings wildly with an uppercut but Axelsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Axelsen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Axelsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Archer avoids it.
Axelsen prevents a body shot from Archer.
Archer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Archer tries to work over Axelsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Axelsen landing knees to the body.
Axelsen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Archer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Axelsen's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Axelsen.
Axelsen blocks an uppercut.
Archer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Axelsen.
Jonathan Archer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Axelsen blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Archer is defending well for now.
Archer misses with a punch on the inside.
Archer misses with the head strike.
Archer lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Archer on the inside.
Archer misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Archer to work.
Archer throws a head punch that misses.
Archer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Archer tries to throw a body punch but Axelsen avoids it by throwing Archer back against the ropes.
Axelsen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Archer scores with a shot to the side of Axelsen's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer misses with a punch on the inside.
Archer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Archer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen landing knees to the body.
Axelsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Archer avoids the damage to the body.
Archer lands an uppercut.
Archer swings wildly with an uppercut but Axelsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Axelsen lands a good knee to the midsection. Archer won't want to take too many of those.
Archer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Archer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Axelsen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Axelsen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Axelsen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Archer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Axelsen can turn it around.
Archer misses with a punch on the inside.
Archer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Archer misses with the head strike.
Archer misses with some punches.
Axelsen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Axelsen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Archer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen blocks a body shot from Archer.
Axelsen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Archer is defending well for now.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Archer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Archer throws a shot to the body.
Archer misses with a body punch
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Archer throws a lazy uppercut
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Archer. That snapped Axelsen's head back.
Archer is looking to wear down Axelsen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Archer moves into the clinch successfully.
Archer misses with the head strike.
Archer working aggressively here.
Archer misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Archer is trying to maintain a safe position but Axelsen gets an underhook and turns Archer into the ropes.
Axelsen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Archer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
Archer tries a body shot but Axelsen blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer digs a right hand into Axelsen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Axelsen's gas tank.
Archer misses with a punch to the body.
Axelsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Archer avoids it.
Archer taking a breather.
Axelsen blocks an uppercut.
Axelsen blocking some punches.
Axelsen lands a knee to the body.
Archer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Archer misses with some punches.
Archer is working Axelsen over against the ropes.
Archer can't find room to land a body shot as Axelsen controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Archer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Axelsen crunches a lovely knee into Archer's ribcage.
Archer throws a head punch that misses.
Archer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Archer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Archer misses with the head strike.
Archer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Archer lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
Nice body punch from Archer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Archer can't find room to land a body shot as Axelsen controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
Archer throws a punch but it's blocked by Axelsen.
Archer looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Archer.
A head punch on the inside from Archer fails to land.
Axelsen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Archer presses Axelsen against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Archer looking to slow down the pace here.
Archer managing to block the knees to the body from Axelsen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Archer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Axelsen.
Archer working aggressively here.
Archer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Archer has a couple of punches blocked by Axelsen.
Axelsen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Axelsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Archer.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Axelsen.
Axelsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Archer avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Jonathan Archer did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Archer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Archer misses the body punch
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer misses with a hook to the body
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Archer misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Axelsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Archer throws a sloppy body shot
and Axelsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Archer misses with a left hand
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Archer misses with a hook to the body
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer swings widly with a right hand
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Archer misses with a right hand
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Archer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Archer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer swings widly with a right hand
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Archer throws a sloppy body shot
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Archer misses with an uppercut
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Axelsen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Archer misses with a right hand
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer looks to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Archer misses
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Toke Axelsen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Archer throws a sloppy body shot
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Archer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Archer tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Archer misses
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer swings widly with a right hand
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Archer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer misses with a body punch
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Archer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Axelsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer swings widly with a right hand
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Archer misses with a body punch
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer throws an off balance right hand
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer misses with a jab to the body
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer misses with a left hand
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer throws a poor cross that misses
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer misses with a shot to the body
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer is rocked!
Axelsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Archer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Archer misses with a body shot
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer seems to have got his legs back now.
Archer closes the distance but Axelsen moves to the side
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Archer tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Archer misses with a body shot
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Archer misses with a jab to the body
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Archer misses with a hook to the body
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Archer throws a poor cross that misses
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer looks to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer throws a sloppy body shot
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Axelsen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Toke Axelsen dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Archer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Archer misses with a body punch
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer throws an off balance right hand
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer misses the body punch
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Archer digs a good body shot into Axelsen's ribs.
Archer throws a right hand that misses
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer misses the body punch
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Archer throws a poor cross that misses
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer throws a lazy uppercut
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Archer misses with a right hand
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer throws a poor cross that misses
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Archer misses with a hook
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Archer misses with a body punch
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer misses with a jab to the body
and Axelsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Archer misses with a jab to the body
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Toke Axelsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Archer tries to clinch but Axelsen moves away
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Archer throws a sloppy body shot
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Archer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer misses with a shot to the body
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer misses with a body shot
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Archer misses with a jab to the body
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer misses with a hook to the body
and Archer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jonathan Archer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Archer misses with an uppercut
and Axelsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Archer wants to clinch but Axelsen slips to the side
and Axelsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Archer misses the body punch
and Axelsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer cracks Axelsen with an open hand slap.
Archer throws a lazy uppercut
and Axelsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Archer jabs Axelsen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Archer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Archer cracks Axelsen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Archer tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Axelsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Archer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the body from Archer misses
and Axelsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Archer misses with a hook to the body
and Axelsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Archer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Archer scores with a shot to the side of Axelsen's head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Axelsen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toke Axelsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Axelsen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 46:48
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 46:48
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 46:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toke Axelsen!
Toke Axelsen is the new middleweight champion!
Toke Axelsen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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