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PFL Kickboxing 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Momofuku Ando (ranked 3995 p4p, 4866 weight class) and Clark Zapata (ranked 317 p4p, 345 weight class). Zapata is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Alab ng Puso. Clark Zapata 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 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Momofuku Ando!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clark Zapata!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zapata throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ando.
Ando throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Zapata has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ando fails to land.
Zapata is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ando makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ando lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ando stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zapata wants to break free but Ando has control.
Ando throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zapatas head.
Zapata wants to get back to striking at distance but Ando won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ando.
Zapata is trying to force a seperation but Ando has the dominant position.
Ando prevents Zapata from breaking the clinch.
Zapata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zapata tries to break free but Ando pushes him back against the ropes.
Ando lands with a light punch inside.
Ando scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ando lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch but Ando keeps him there for the moment.
Zapata is trying to break free.
Ando lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ando misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ando misses with the head strike.
Zapata wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ando has him pressed against the ropes.
Ando working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zapata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ando scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zapata tries to circle away but Ando has him pinned against the ropes.
Ando lands with a left to the head.
Ando makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando is controlling him.
Ando lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando has him pressed against the ropes.
Zapata is looking to break free of the clinch but Ando has double underhooks.
Ando has Zapata pressed against the ropes, preventing Zapata from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zapata takes a shot to the head.
Ando has Zapata pressed against the ropes, preventing Zapata from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ando scores with a shoulder strike.
Zapata is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ando scores with a shot to the side of Zapata's head.
Ando blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ando stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zapata tries to break free but Ando pushes him back against the ropes.
Zapata is trying to push Ando away but Ando has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ando prevents Zapata from breaking the clinch.
Ando lands a nice shot to the body.
Ando lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Ando.
Ando scores with a shoulder strike.
Ando lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ando throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zapatas head.
Ando scores with a shot to the side of Zapata's head.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch but Ando keeps him there for the moment.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando has him pressed against the ropes.
Zapata looks winded!
Ando lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ando.
Zapata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from Ando.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ando throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zapatas head.
Ando working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ando lands with a short shot to the head.
Zapata is trying to force a seperation but Ando has the dominant position.
Zapata tries to break the clinch but Ando is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Ando.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Momofuku Ando dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Zapata throws an off balance right hand
and Ando counters with a straight right hand.
Zapata cracks Ando with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zapata throws a combination that misses
and Ando connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zapata throws a head kick that misses.
Ando with a hook.
A head kick misses from Zapata.
Ando has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ando working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch but Ando keeps him there for the moment.
Ando working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zapata takes a shot to the head.
Zapata tries to throw a body punch but Ando avoids it by throwing Zapata back against the ropes.
Ando scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zapata blocks an uppercut.
Zapata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ando is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zapata can do to turn this around?
Ando lands a hook that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Ando as the two fighters clinch.
Zapata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ando prevents Zapata from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ando lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ando lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zapata wants to break free but Ando has control.
Ando lands a body punch.
Zapata is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Zapata wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ando gets through Zapata's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ando lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ando lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Ando.
Ando lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ando scores with a shot to the side of Zapata's head.
Ando lands with a left to the head.
Ando lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zapata is looking to break free of the clinch but Ando has double underhooks.
Ando scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Ando.
Ando softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Ando.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ando lands a body punch.
Zapata breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ando moves into range and clinches up with Zapata.
A frustrated look appears on Zapata's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zapata wants to get back to striking at distance but Ando won't allow it.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch but Ando keeps him there for the moment.
A hook to the body from Ando.
Ando is leaning against Zapata and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ando lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando lands an uppercut.
Ando lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ando creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ando gets through Zapata's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ando lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
Ando lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ando lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
Ando lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Ando.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Momofuku Ando dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A cross from Ando lands.
Ando tries to clinch there but Zapata circles away.
Zapata closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch but Ando keeps him there for the moment.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando is controlling him.
Ando lands a right hand.
A short right from Ando on the inside.
Ando lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ando misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ando lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zapata is trying to force a seperation but Ando has the dominant position.
Ando scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Ando.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Zapata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ando throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zapatas head.
Ando softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Zapata's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zapata misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ando lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ando creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ando lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ando creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Zapata's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ando scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Ando.
Ando lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Zapata's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ando lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ando scores with a nice hook to the head.
Momofuku Ando has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ando.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Ando.
Ando lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Zapata takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ando taking a breather.
Zapata is trying to break free.
Ando works on Zapata's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from Ando.
Ando throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ando lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ando lands a left hand.
Ando lands with a short shot to the head.
Ando scores with a hook to the body.
Zapata wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ando has him pressed against the ropes.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch but Ando keeps him there for the moment.
Ando cracks Zapata with a nice body shot.
Ando digs a right hand into Zapata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zapata's gas tank.
Ando lands a body shot.
A short left from Ando.
Ando lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zapata working hard to break the clinch.
Ando scores with a shot to the side of Zapata's head.
A short uppercut from Ando.
A nice left hand lands by Ando.
Ando lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ando lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Ando scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zapata looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ando works on Zapata's body with a couple of short punches.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando has him pressed against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Momofuku Ando clearly takes that 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.
Ando fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zapata, pushing him back against the ropes.
Ando lands with a right to the head.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ando digs a right hand into Zapata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zapata's gas tank.
Ando lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Ando.
A short body shot lands from Ando as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Ando.
Ando lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ando gets through Zapata's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ando lands with a right to the head.
Ando keeps control of Zapata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zapata is trying to force a seperation but Ando has the dominant position.
Zapata's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zapata is trying to push Ando away but Ando has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short left from Ando.
Ando lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Zapata takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Ando.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ando.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ando lands a hook that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
Zapata is trying to break free.
Zapata is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ando lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ando lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
Zapata can't break the clinch.
Zapata can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ando.
Ando lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Zapata is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Zapata's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ando lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ando.
Ando lands with a short shot to the head.
 Zapata is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ando swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zapata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ando cracks Zapata with a nice body shot.
Ando lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Ando scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Ando.
Zapata is still on wobbly legs! Can Ando finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ando swings wildly with an uppercut but Zapata uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zapata seems to have recovered his senses.
Ando lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ando lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ando lands with a left to the head.
Ando keeps control of Zapata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Ando scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zapata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zapata tries to break the clinch but Ando is controlling the position.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Ando.
Ando lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ando stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ando lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ando digs a right hand into Zapata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zapata's gas tank.
Zapata is trying to break free.
Ando cracks Zapata with a nice body shot.
Ando lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Momofuku Ando had his way with Clark Zapata in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ando with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ando closes the distance and clinches.
Ando scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ando.
Zapata misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ando.
Zapata is trying to push Ando away but Ando has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nice body punch from Ando.
Ando presses Zapata against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ando pushes Zapata back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ando lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zapata looking to stall.
Ando scores with a shot to the side of Zapata's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ando lands an uppercut.
Ando lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Ando.
Zapata is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ando lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Ando.
Ando is working Zapata over against the ropes.
Zapata has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Ando on the inside.
Ando scores with a hook to the body.
Ando lands an uppercut.
Ando digs a right hand underneath Zapata's ribcage. Zapata let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ando creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ando lands a hook that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Zapata is trying to break the clinch but Ando has him pressed against the ropes.
Zapata tries to circle away but Ando has him pinned against the ropes.
Ando lands a nice uppercut.
Momofuku Ando is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zapata wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Ando scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ando lands an uppercut.
Ando scores with a shoulder strike.
Ando digs a right hand underneath Zapata's ribcage. Zapata let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Ando scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ando makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zapata looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zapata wants to break free but Ando has control.
Ando keeps control of Zapata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zapata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zapata looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zapata looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ando lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zapata backwards.
Zapata can't break the clinch.
Zapata wants to get back to striking at distance but Ando won't allow it.
Ando keeps control of Zapata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clark Zapata has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ando.
And that's the end of the fight!
Momofuku Ando showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ando 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:41
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 50:40
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:40
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Momofuku Ando!
During a confident post fight interview, Momofuku Ando thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Clark Zapata had this to say: 'I will learn from this.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Simeon Joeves (ranked 4546 p4p, 4294 weight class) and Vicente Krueger (ranked 235 p4p, 229 weight class). Simeon Joeves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Simeon Joeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vicente Krueger!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joeves throws a sloppy head kick and Krueger moves out of range easily.
Joeves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krueger.
Simeon Joeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joeves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krueger was well out of range. Poor timing from Joeves.
Joeves throws a push kick but Krueger slaps the foot to one side.
Joeves misses with a body shot.
Joeves tries to score with a low kick but Krueger moves his leg out of the way.
Krueger throws a counter combo.
Krueger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joeves.
Krueger tries to clinch there but Joeves circles away.
Joeves throws a right and a left that Krueger avoids nicely.
Krueger lands a lovely overhand right.
Joeves takes a swing at Krueger's ribcage but misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Krueger misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krueger misses with a straight right.
Joeves throws a quick counter kick to the body but Krueger avoids it.
Joeves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krueger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krueger throws a body punch but Joeves moves out of range.
Joeves pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Krueger scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joeves throws a leg kick but Krueger checks it.
Krueger is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Joeves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krueger wants to counter the offense by Joeves and move into the clinch position.
Krueger moves out of range as Joeves throws a body kick.
Krueger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joeves circles away quickly and effectively.
Krueger misses the shot to the body.
Krueger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joeves misses with a low kick.
Krueger unleashes a big counter combination but Joeves bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Krueger misses with a series of wild punches.
Krueger fails to land with a series of punches.
Joeves moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joeves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krueger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joeves circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joeves motions for Krueger to come forward. Joeves throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krueger blocks the body kick.
Joeves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krueger misses with a few strikes there.
A quick step to the side and Joeves tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joeves punishes Krueger's body with a nice straight punch.
Krueger looks to land a combination but Joeves avoids it well.
Joeves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krueger throws a body shot but no joy.
Krueger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Joeves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krueger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joeves.
Joeves lands a slapping body shot.
Krueger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Krueger misses.
Joeves will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vicente Krueger will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Joeves looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Joeves misses with an uppercut. Krueger saw that one coming.
Joeves lands a nice looking body shot.
Joeves looks to land a body kick but Krueger moved away.
Krueger unleashes a big counter combination but Joeves bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Krueger throws a series of punches but Joeves avoids them all with ease.
Joeves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vicente Krueger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joeves takes a swing at Krueger's ribcage but misses.
Joeves cracks a nice hook into Krueger's ribs.
Krueger misses with a double jab.
Simeon Joeves is winning the standup battle so far.
Joeves just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joeves misses with a wild body shot.
Krueger steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joeves.
Krueger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krueger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krueger throws a combination that misses
enabling Joeves to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves slips a jab and a cross from Krueger.
Joeves scores with a sloppy right hand. Krueger should have avoided that one.
Joeves misses with a low kick.
Krueger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Joeves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joeves moves away from the strike by Krueger.
Krueger checks a leg kick nicely.
Krueger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Krueger.
Joeves is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joeves cracks Krueger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joeves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krueger.
Krueger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joeves is looking to wear down Krueger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Krueger moves out of range of the body kick.
Krueger looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Krueger checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Joeves.
Joeves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krueger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Joeves slips a straight right by Krueger.
Joeves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joeves connects with a good right hand that stumbles Krueger. Krueger circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Krueger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joeves.
Krueger misses with a wild combination.
Krueger just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Joeves lands.
Joeves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krueger can do to turn this around?
Krueger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Joeves lands a slapping body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Joeves.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simeon Joeves dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Krueger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Krueger is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Krueger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Krueger is still on wobbly legs! Can Joeves finish him?
Joeves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krueger lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Krueger is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Krueger drops his guard momentarily, allowing Joeves to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Krueger! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Joeves takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Simeon Joeves!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Nathan Noland (ranked 4492 p4p, 5100 weight class) and Jack Ripley (ranked 232 p4p, 251 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathan Noland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Ripley!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noland throws an overhand right that lands on Ripley's shoulder, as Ripley tries to avoid the shot.
Noland throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ripley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Noland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ripley.
Ripley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Noland defending well as Ripley loads up on a big left hand.
Ripley grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Noland takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Ripley cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jack Ripley!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stefan De Vries (ranked 4408 p4p, 25565 weight class) and Wanderley Silva (ranked 415 p4p, 506 weight class). The key to victory for Stefan De Vries has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan De Vries!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderley Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Stefan De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the ropes.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries takes an elbow to the temple.
 It looks like Stefan De Vries has been cut.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of De Vries backwards.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Vries tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Vries is breathing heavily.
De Vries moves into the clinch.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stefan De Vries's cut is getting worse.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Vries is keeping busy.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva pushes De Vries away with a front kick.
Silva darts in and clinches De Vries up against the ropes.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva gets tackled into the ropes by De Vries. De Vries maintains the clinch.
De Vries takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Stefan De Vries's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva presses De Vries against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Vries being controlled against the ropes.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped De Vries in his tracks for a moment.
Silva presses De Vries against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. De Vries seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silva can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped De Vries in his tracks for a moment.
Jeez, Stefan De Vries's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but De Vries is blocking nicely.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva has De Vries up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of De Vries backwards.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Vries on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Vries instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Vries momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderley Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan De Vries's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva drives through and clinches with De Vries against the ropes.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
De Vries misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva pushes De Vries back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Vries takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stefan De Vries's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Wanderley Silva!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricardo Diaz (ranked 25021 p4p, 3978 weight class) and Marques Lynch (ranked 375 p4p, 315 weight class). Diaz comes to the ring accompanied by Green Goblin Mode. On his way into the ring it seems that Ricardo Diaz has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ricardo Diaz seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marques Lynch!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz wants to clinch.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Lynch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Lynch wants to counter with a clinch but Diaz pushes him away.
Diaz throws the left hand but Lynch avoids the punch easily.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Lynch's head but Lynch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lynch wants to counter with a clinch but Diaz pushes him away.
Lynch avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Lynch wants to counter the offense by Diaz and move into the clinch position.
Diaz gets a clinch.
Diaz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
 It looks like Marques Lynch has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz misses with a knee to the head.
Lynch avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lynch blocks it with crossed arms.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but Lynch blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands an elbow just above Lynch 's eye.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lynch blocks it with crossed arms.
Diaz misses with a knee to the head.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but Lynch blocks it.
Diaz keeps control of Lynch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but Lynch blocks with his arms.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lynch blocks it with crossed arms.
Lynch dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Diaz misses with a knee to the head.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lynch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Lynch.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lynch's brow.
Lynch trying to control the position but instead, Diaz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lynch into the ropes.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
Lynch blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz with a knee to the head.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lynch tries to break free but Diaz pushes him back against the ropes.
Diaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but Lynch blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marques Lynch's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Lynch is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Diaz lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Lynch avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Ricardo Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lynch blocks it with crossed arms.
Diaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lynch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lynch can do to turn this around?
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lynch's efforts to push away.
Lynch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lynch blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lynch's efforts to push away.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
Lynch dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lynch blocks it with crossed arms.
Lynch stalling.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lynch wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Lynch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Lynch dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Lynch takes an elbow to the temple.
Lynch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lynch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Diaz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marques Lynch's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A left and a right from Diaz both land. Nice combination.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Lynch steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Diaz.
Diaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lynch is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lynch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz sets himself, and Lynch steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
Diaz closes the distance and pushes Lynch back into the ropes.
Diaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lynch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diaz looking to throw knees to the head but Lynch is blocking nicely.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lynch dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lynch's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lynch wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Lynch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Marques Lynch's cut even more.
Diaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lynch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz lands an elbow inside that Lynch shrugs off.
Diaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lynch is trying to break free.
Lynch taking a breather.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lynch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lynch.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but Lynch blocks it.
Diaz misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lynch's brow.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lynch is looking to control Diaz's arms but Diaz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lynch has his back to the ropes.
Lynch tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lynch's efforts to push away.
Diaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lynch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but Lynch blocks with his arms.
Lynch trying to control the position but instead, Diaz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lynch into the ropes.
Diaz keeps control of Lynch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Lynch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Lynch blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Diaz clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Marques Lynch's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lynch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lynch wants to counter the offense by Diaz and move into the clinch position.
Diaz misses the jab.
Lynch tries to counter by closing the distance.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Lynch.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Lynch's shoulder, as Lynch tries to avoid the shot.
Lynch wants to counter with a clinch but Diaz pushes him away.
Diaz is looking to clinch but Lynch is avoiding it.
Diaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diaz sets himself, and Lynch steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lynch slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz clinches with his opponent.
Diaz being controlled against the ropes.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lynch dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz lands an elbow just above Lynch 's eye.
Diaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lynch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lynch is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Lynch blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Lynch taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lynch blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but Lynch blocks it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
Lynch is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the ropes.
Diaz looking to throw knees to the head but Lynch is blocking nicely.
Diaz has Lynch pressed against the ropes, preventing Lynch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynch wants to stall.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lynch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lynch dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Nice elbow from Diaz.
Nice elbow from Diaz.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Lynch wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Lynch is trying to break free.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lynch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Diaz had his way with Marques Lynch in that round.
The cut man is working on Marques Lynch's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lynch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lynch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Lynch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lynch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lynch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lynch moves away from the strike by Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lynch steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Diaz.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Lynch avoids nicely.
Diaz sets himself, and Lynch steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
Lynch blocks a jab.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Diaz fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lynch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lynch is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Diaz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Lynch wants to counter with a clinch but Diaz pushes him away.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lynch tries to counter by closing the distance.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Lynch's head but Lynch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lynch wants to counter the offense by Diaz and move into the clinch position.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Lynch is out of range.
Lynch wants to counter the offense by Diaz and move into the clinch position.
Diaz wants to clinch.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Lynch is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lynch blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Diaz sets himself, and Lynch steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
Ricardo Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz throws a jab when Lynch was well out of range.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Lynch circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz sets himself, and Lynch steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a straight right.
Diaz sets himself, and Lynch steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Lynch moves out of range easily.
Lynch is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lynch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz tries to clinch but Lynch is having none of it.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Lynch's head but Lynch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lynch wants to counter with a clinch but Diaz pushes him away.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Lynch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lynch blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz tries to clinch but Lynch is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Marques Lynch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 50:41
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:41
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 50:41
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Diaz!
Ricardo Diaz retains his featherweight title!
Ricardo Diaz took some time post fight to say the following; 'I just smoked that guy, wow. Dios, por favor salva el alma de este hombre.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Urjiah Chen (ranked 4309 p4p, 3197 weight class) and Bob Muise (ranked 458 p4p, 385 weight class). Chen comes to the ring accompanied by Адамға адам керек. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Urjiah Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Muise!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muise sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chen tries to clinch but Muise is having none of it.
Muise works Chen's body with a nice hook.
Muise misses with a shot to the body
letting Chen counter with a right hand.
Chen looks to land a right hand but Muise moved out of range.
Muise closes the distance and clinches.
Muise stalls.
Muise trying to control the position but instead, Chen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muise into the ropes.
Chen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Muise breaks from the clinch.
Chen fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Muise misses
and Chen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Chen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Muise on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chen tries to clinch up.
Muise throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chen scores with a jab to the head.
Nice jab there from Chen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Chen misses.
Urjiah Chen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chen throws a hook but Muise avoids it easily.
Muise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muise gets tackled into the ropes by Chen. Chen maintains the clinch.
Muise lands a shot to the body.
Muise breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chen throws a lazy right hand but Muise sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Muise cracks a nice hook into Chen's ribs.
Chen misses with a straight left.
Muise appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Muise fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Muise swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muise swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
Chen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chen lands with a right hand.
Muise defending well as Chen loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Muise counters with a right hand to the body.
Muise turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Muise works Chen's body with a nice hook.
Chen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chen is looking to clinch but Muise is avoiding it.
Muise scores with a nice head shot.
Muise rushes Chen and presses him up against the ropes.
Muise tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chen avoids it.
Muise breaks the clinch.
Muise takes a swing at Chen's ribcage but misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Muise scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chen swings widly with a right hand
and Muise counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chen throws a hook to the side of Muise's head but Muise sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muise takes one to the chin there.
Muise closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Muise lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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 Urjiah Chen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Muise misses with a body shot.
Muise swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
Chen avoids the body shot from Muise.
An attempted straight right counter from Chen misses the target.
Muise swats away the attempt to clinch by Chen.
Muise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Chen takes the fight into the clinch.
Muise taking a breather.
Muise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muise ducks under a wild hook from Chen.
Muise lands a body shot.
Muise throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Chen throwing a counter right hand but Muise manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chen lunges at Muise with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Muise's hand.
Muise misses with a combination
and Chen counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Bob Muise has been cut.
Muise lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Muise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muise moves away from the strike by Chen.
Muise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muise moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Muise throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Muise uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chen.
Muise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Muise.
Muise uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chen.
Muise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muise takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Muise bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chen lands a nice shot that snaps Muise's head back.
Muise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chen misses with an uppercut.
Muise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chen manages to avoid it.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muise misses with the combination.
Chen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chen takes one to the chin there.
Chen is looking to clinch but Muise is avoiding it.
Muise throws a body shot but no joy.
Muise scores with a punch to the head.
Chen misses with a left hand
and Muise counters with a two punch combo.
Muise takes one on the button.
Muise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muise is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chen rather than just go for the knockout.
Muise misses with a combination
and Muise takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice side step and Muise releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Urjiah Chen is winning the standup battle so far.
Chen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Muise.
Chen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chen throws an overhand right that lands on Muise's shoulder, as Muise tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Urjiah Chen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bob Muise's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Chen tries to clinch up but Muise circles away and keeps his distance.
Muise takes a swing at Chen's ribcage but misses.
Chen misses with a left hand
and Muise counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Muise wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muise.
Chen wants to clinch.
Chen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muise throws out the jab.
Chen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Muise counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chen misses the jab.
Muise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Muise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Chen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Chen loads up on a big right hand but Muise slips the punch.
Muise scores with a hook to the body. Chen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Muise clinches.
Muise has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Muise.
Muise misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muise taking a breather.
Muise slowing the pace effectively.
Chen working aggressively here.
Muise blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Muise.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Muise has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muise.
Chen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Muise backwards.
Muise blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muise is looking to control Chen's arms but Chen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Muise has his back to the ropes.
Chen working aggressively here.
Muise works on Chen's body with a couple of short punches.
Muise lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bob Muise seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Muise.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Muise uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muise goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Muise.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
Muise blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muise breaks the clinch.
Chen moves in looking to clinch but Muise pushes him off.
Muise just misses with a punch to the body.
Muise works over Chen's head and body with a nice combination.
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!
Muise moves away from the strike by Chen.
As Chen backs off Muise throws a huge counter combo but Chen manages to avoid it all.
Muise gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Chen tries to bum rush Muise with a series of wild strikes but Muise uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chen was well out of range. Poor timing from Muise.
Chen throws a hook to the side of Muise's head but Muise sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muise swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Bob Muise just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Bob Muise's cut.
That's time! Chen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Muise punishes Chen's body with a nice straight punch.
Muise is looking to slow Chen down with leg kicks.
Muise moves into range and clinches up with Chen.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Muise uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muise blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muise misses with a knee to the head.
Muise tries to land knees in the clinch but Chen avoids the damage to the body.
Muise content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Muise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muise tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chen avoids it.
Muise misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muise.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
Muise struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Chen lands a hook that snaps the head of Muise backwards.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Muise.
Muise blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muise misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muise goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Muise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Muise using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Muise.
Muise trying to control the position but instead, Chen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muise into the ropes.
Muise trying to stall but Chen improves his position.
Muise blocking some punches.
Chen blocks a body shot from Muise.
A shot in the inside from Chen.
Chen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muise backwards.
Muise blocks an uppercut.
Muise lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muise lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chen or not.
Muise tries to work over Chen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Muise blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muise slowing the pace effectively.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muise goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muise blocking some punches.
Muise lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Chen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Muise backwards.
A short body shot lands from Muise as the two fighters clinch.
Muise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muise takes a swing at Chen's ribcage but misses.
Chen fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Chen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Muise! But no joy.
Chen tries to clinch there but Muise circles away.
Chen tries to clinch there but Muise circles away.
Chen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Muise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Bob Muise will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bob Muise's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Muise throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Muise scores with a leg kick.
Muise dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chen wants to clinch up but Muise keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muise. Chen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chen avoids the body shot from Muise.
Muise just misses with a punch to the body.
Muise swats away the attempt to clinch by Chen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muise lands with a good body shot.
Muise throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muise swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muise ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muise takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chen throws an off balance right hand
and Muise counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Muise throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Chen to counter with a crisp jab.
Chen wants to clinch.
Muise unleashes a big counter combination but Chen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Muise clinches up against the ropes.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Muise tries to work over Chen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Muise.
Muise escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Muise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Muise needs to keep his hands up - Chen had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muise scores with a sloppy right hand. Chen should have avoided that one.
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!
Muise swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
A lazy left from Chen finds it's target.
Chen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Muise counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen closes the distance but Muise moves to the side
and Muise counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chen defending well as Muise loads up on a big left hand.
Decent striking displayed by Chen there.
Muise looks to land a left hand but Chen moved out of range nicely.
Muise lands with a straight right. Chen didn't see that one coming.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Muise comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Muise has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:49
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 46:49
Judge William Gold scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bob Muise!
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bedri Ayax (ranked 3958 p4p, 3964 weight class) and Musa Keita (ranked 412 p4p, 413 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bedri Ayax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Musa Keita!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keita lands with a nice body kick.
Ayax swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keita throws a counter combo.
A head kick misses from Ayax.
Keita unleashes a big counter combination but Ayax bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ayax tries to clinch but Keita moves out of range.
Keita connects with a leg kick.
Keita throws a shot from downtown. Ayax moves away and avoids it.
Keita clinches up against the ropes.
Keita misses with an elbow strike.
Ayax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keita.
Ayax tries to break the clinch but Keita is controlling the position.
Ayax breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keita gets a clinch.
Keita wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ayax is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keita is defending well for now.
Keita wants to get back to striking at distance but Ayax won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keita misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ayax.
Keita breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ayax moves out of range of the body kick from Keita.
Ayax is looking to land body kicks.
Keita looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Keita clinches.
Keita goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keita manages to break the clinch.
Keita throws a leg kick but Ayax moved away.
Keita closes the distance and clinches.
Ayax breaks the clinch.
Ayax misses with a series of wild punches.
Ayax throws a combination that misses
and Keita moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayax wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ayax breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Keita gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ayax tries to land a knee to the head but Keita blocks with his arms.
Ayax breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ayax avoids a kick to the body.
Keita 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!
Keita tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Keita breaks the clinch.
Ayax tries to keep at a distance but Keita has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ayax is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Keita is keeping busy.
Ayax manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Musa Keita comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Keita has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 9:10
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Musa Keita!
A relieved looking Musa Keita 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 super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Chokyi Tsering (ranked 5281 p4p, 3527 weight class) and Ekon Ogunkoya (ranked 192 p4p, 188 weight class). The key to victory for Chokyi Tsering has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Chokyi Tsering!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ekon Ogunkoya!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsering loads up on a big right hand but Ogunkoya slips the punch.
Chokyi Tsering seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Tsering.
Tsering really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tsering paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ogunkoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ogunkoya staying out of range there.
Ogunkoya steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tsering.
Tsering connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tsering fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsering throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ogunkoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
Tsering misses with a looping right.
Ogunkoya moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsering throws a series of punches but Ogunkoya avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Tsering.
Tsering throws a shot from downtown. Ogunkoya moves away and avoids it.
Ogunkoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ogunkoya defending well as Tsering loads up on a big left hand.
Ogunkoya wants to counter with a clinch but Tsering pushes him away.
Tsering is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Tsering throws an off balance right hand
and Ogunkoya counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsering breaks from the clinch.
Tsering lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tsering misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tsering is breathing heavily.
Tsering swinging wildly here.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
Ogunkoya blocks a jab.
Tsering pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tsering rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ogunkoya counters by clinching up.
Tsering definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ogunkoya - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ogunkoya has Tsering pressed against the ropes.
The referee calls for Ogunkoya to work.
Tsering breaks from the clinch.
Tsering throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ogunkoya wants to counter the offense by Tsering and move into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogunkoya ducks under a wild hook from Tsering.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tsering darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tsering catches Ogunkoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ogunkoya ducks under a wild hook from Tsering.
Ogunkoya wants to counter with a clinch but Tsering pushes him away.
Ogunkoya moves out of range as Tsering strikes.
Tsering swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ogunkoya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
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!
Tsering letting Ogunkoya take a breather here.
Ogunkoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Tsering's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tsering throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tsering misses with a right hand
and Ogunkoya counters by clinching up.
Tsering throws a punch but it's blocked by Ogunkoya.
Ogunkoya controlling the action here for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chokyi Tsering dominated that 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.
Tsering looks to throw the jab but Ogunkoya is out of range.
Ogunkoya wants to counter the offense by Tsering and move into the clinch position.
Tsering misses with a combination
and Ogunkoya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tsering escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsering misses with a looping right.
Ogunkoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsering.
Tsering sets himself, and Ogunkoya steps forward looking for the clinch! Tsering avoids it this time.
Jab, jab by Tsering - just one landing.
Ogunkoya on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ogunkoya moves out of range as Tsering strikes.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsering throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ogunkoya moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ogunkoya is struggling to control the position.
Ogunkoya stalls.
Ogunkoya taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsering pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Tsering. Those never looked like landing.
Tsering misses with a right hand
and Ogunkoya counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ogunkoya is pushing Tsering up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tsering swings wildly with an uppercut but Ogunkoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ogunkoya just leaning against Tsering, taking a breather.
Ogunkoya stalling against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ekon Ogunkoya.
Tsering misses with a hook.
Tsering swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tsering throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tsering lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ogunkoya circles away quickly and effectively.
Tsering rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ogunkoya counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ogunkoya.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogunkoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Tsering has a couple of punches blocked by Ogunkoya.
Ogunkoya'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.
Tsering's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tsering misses with a hook
and Ogunkoya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ogunkoya pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Ogunkoya stalling against the ropes.
Ogunkoya stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ogunkoya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ekon Ogunkoya.
Tsering misses with a looping right.
Ogunkoya wants to counter with a clinch but Tsering pushes him away.
Tsering misses with a looping right.
Ogunkoya steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tsering.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chokyi Tsering will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Tsering falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ogunkoya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tsering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ogunkoya slips under a jab from Tsering.
Tsering misses with a few strikes there.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
Ogunkoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsering.
Ogunkoya steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tsering.
Tsering throws a looping overhand right but Ogunkoya ducks down to avoid it.
Ogunkoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Tsering misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ogunkoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tsering.
Tsering throws an overhand right that lands on Ogunkoya's shoulder, as Ogunkoya tries to avoid the shot.
Tsering connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tsering misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsering throws an overhand right that lands on Ogunkoya's shoulder, as Ogunkoya tries to avoid the shot.
Ogunkoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tsering will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ogunkoya slips a straight right by Tsering.
Ogunkoya wants to counter with a clinch but Tsering pushes him away.
Tsering lands with an overhand left.
Tsering throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ogunkoya blocks a jab.
Ogunkoya tries to counter by closing the distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tsering, as that shot connected.
Tsering throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ogunkoya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ogunkoya is pushing Tsering up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tsering is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ogunkoya can do to turn this around?
Come on Ogunkoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ogunkoya avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Ogunkoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tsering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chokyi Tsering is winning the standup battle so far.
Tsering misses with an uppercut.
Tsering throws a hook but Ogunkoya avoids it easily.
Tsering throws a lazy right hand but Ogunkoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ogunkoya steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tsering.
Tsering throws out a loose jab but Ogunkoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ogunkoya tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tsering looks to land a right hand but Ogunkoya moved out of range.
Ogunkoya wants to counter with a clinch but Tsering pushes him away.
Tsering misses with a double jab.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
Tsering pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tsering is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ogunkoya.
Ogunkoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsering throws a lazy uppercut
and Ogunkoya counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ogunkoya avoiding damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chokyi Tsering clearly takes that round.
That's time! Tsering's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tsering jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsering missing with a left hand there. Ogunkoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ogunkoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tsering misses with a few strikes there.
Ogunkoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tsering sets himself, and Ogunkoya steps forward looking for the clinch! Tsering avoids it this time.
Ogunkoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Tsering tries to bum rush Ogunkoya with a series of wild strikes but Ogunkoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tsering misses with a two punch combination.
Ogunkoya tries to counter by closing the distance.
A punch combination from Tsering misses.
Ogunkoya staying out of range there.
Ogunkoya wants to counter the offense by Tsering and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsering misses with a combination
and Ogunkoya moves into the clinch.
Ogunkoya holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Ogunkoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Come on Ogunkoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting on Ogunkoya's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Tsering breaks from the clinch.
Tsering swings widly with a right hand
and Ogunkoya moves into the clinch.
Ogunkoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ekon Ogunkoya.
Tsering throws a right and a left that Ogunkoya avoids nicely.
Ogunkoya slips under a jab from Tsering.
Ogunkoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tsering looks to throw the jab but Ogunkoya is out of range.
Tsering lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ogunkoya.
Ogunkoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ogunkoya moves out of range as Tsering strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogunkoya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tsering.
Ogunkoya tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ogunkoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ogunkoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tsering sets himself, and Ogunkoya steps forward looking for the clinch! Tsering avoids it this time.
Ogunkoya slips under a jab from Tsering.
Ogunkoya wants to counter with a clinch but Tsering pushes him away.
Ogunkoya blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Tsering misses its intended target.
Ogunkoya tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tsering is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tsering loads up on a big right hand but Ogunkoya slips the punch.
Tsering fails to land with a series of punches.
Ogunkoya slips under a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsering waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ogunkoya.
Tsering throws a hook but Ogunkoya avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chokyi Tsering had his way with Ekon Ogunkoya in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Tsering throws a right hand that misses
and Ogunkoya counters by moving into the clinch.
Ogunkoya is pushing Tsering up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tsering fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ogunkoya stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tsering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Tsering misses.
Ogunkoya slips a jab from Tsering.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
Ogunkoya ducks under a wild hook from Tsering.
Ogunkoya tries to counter with a clinch but Tsering shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsering throws a hook but Ogunkoya blocks it.
Tsering waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ogunkoya.
Ogunkoya steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tsering.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Tsering misses the target.
Ogunkoya wants to counter the offense by Tsering and move into the clinch position.
Tsering connects with the punch.
Tsering will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogunkoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tsering is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ogunkoya.
Ogunkoya wants to counter the offense by Tsering and move into the clinch position.
Ogunkoya moves away from the strike by Tsering.
Tsering looks to land a right hand but Ogunkoya moved out of range.
Tsering misses with an uppercut
and Ogunkoya counters by moving into the clinch.
The referee calls for Ogunkoya to work.
Ogunkoya is struggling to control the position.
Ogunkoya stalling the fight.
Tsering misses with the head strike.
Ogunkoya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogunkoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ekon Ogunkoya.
Tsering throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ogunkoya moves into the clinch.
Ogunkoya slows down the pace here.
Ogunkoya has Tsering pushed against the ropes.
Ogunkoya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tsering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tsering scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ekon Ogunkoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsering pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ekon Ogunkoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ogunkoya slips a jab and a cross from Tsering.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chokyi Tsering showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tsering, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chokyi Tsering!
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tidam Yagan (ranked 4555 p4p, 4264 weight class) and Shaquille Stevenson (ranked 476 p4p, 454 weight class). Tidam Yagan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tidam Yagan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaquille Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've been told by Yagan's head coaches at St Petersburg MMA Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yagan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shaquille Stevenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yagan throws a shot from downtown. Stevenson moves away and avoids it.
Yagan has closed the distance and engaged Stevenson in a clinch.
Yagan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yagan lands with a light punch inside.
Stevenson misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yagan.
A right hook to the body lands for Yagan.
Yagan lands with a light punch inside.
Yagan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stevensons head.
Yagan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Stevenson misses with the head strike.
Yagan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
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!
Stevenson trying to control the position but instead, Yagan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stevenson into the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yagan.
A short right from Yagan on the inside.
Stevenson is trying to stall.
Stevenson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yagan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Yagan.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Yagan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yagan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yagan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yagan lands a nice shot to the body.
Yagan scores with a hook.
Stevenson tests Yagan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stevenson misses with a head kick.
Stevenson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yagan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stevenson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stevenson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yagan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stevenson on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yagan.
Yagan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevenson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yagan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stevenson.
Stevenson slips a straight right by Yagan.
Yagan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stevenson on the side of the head.
Stevenson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stevenson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yagan.
Yagan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson looks to clinch
and Yagan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stevenson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stevenson misses with a left hand
and Yagan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yagan misses with an uppercut.
Stevenson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stevenson throws a poor cross that misses
and Yagan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stevenson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yagan misses with an uppercut.
Yagan lands with a hook. Stevenson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stevenson is rocked!
Stevenson misses with a hook
and Yagan counters with a straight right hand.
Stevenson is still on wobbly legs! Can Yagan finish him?
Yagan connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Stevenson's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Stevenson - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tidam Yagan!
Tidam Yagan retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Tidam Yagan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Pito (ranked 4533 p4p, 3620 weight class) and Petchongboo Sitsongrit (ranked 234 p4p, 298 weight class). Juan Pito could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Petchongboo Sitsongrit's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Pito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petchongboo Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit scores with a decent looking hook.
Sitsongrit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pito takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pito swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pito's knee momentarily.
Sitsongrit looks to land a body kick but Pito moved away.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice body kick.
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pito throws a poor cross that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pito misses with a double jab.
Sitsongrit feints a counter leg kick.
Pito throws a body shot but no joy.
Sitsongrit stuns Pito with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit cracks Pito with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Sitsongrit has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Pito is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a series of punches but Pito avoids them all with ease.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Pito moved away.
A nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pito tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild combination.
Pito throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pito will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sitsongrit lands with a shot to the body.
Pito throws a body shot but no joy.
Pito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sitsongrit manages to avoid it.
Pito misses with a leg kick
and Sitsongrit counters with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pito.
Pito motions for Sitsongrit to come forward. Pito throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pito misses with a looping left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pito.
Sitsongrit tries to move into range but Pito moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pito throws a leg kick
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sitsongrit stalks Pito and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pito's face. Pito staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pito's corner calls for a 1-2. Pito obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pito moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitsongrit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pito ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Pito scores with a decent looking hook.
Pito on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pito misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Pito misses the target.
Pito misses with a head kick.
Sitsongrit avoids the head kick by Pito.
Juan Pito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pito chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sitsongrit can pounce on him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pito eats them both and turns towards Sitsongrit to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sitsongrit misses with a double jab.
Nice shot by Pito.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petchongboo Sitsongrit dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pito moves out of range of the body kick.
Pito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sitsongrit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy uppercut
and Pito counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pito wants to clinch.
Pito throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pito's knee momentarily.
Pito misses with a straight left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pito.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Pito.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pito takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A lazy body kick from Pito
and Sitsongrit counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pito is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pito's sensitive parts.
Pito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pito takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pito misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pito lands the left hand.
Donk. Sitsongrit catches Pito right on the button with a cross.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pito's sensitive parts.
Sitsongrit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Pito is just out of range.
Sitsongrit tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit tries to land a front kick but Pito steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pito.
Both fighters circling a little - Sitsongrit finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pito throws a half hearted mid kick.
A leg kick checked by Pito.
Pito was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pito has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pito there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Sitsongrit does it's job there.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight right.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sitsongrit works Pito's body with a nice hook.
Pito connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pito connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sitsongrit's hands.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice combination. Pito backs away looking to recover.
A big left from Sitsongrit misses.
Pito lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pito goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pito throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Petchongboo Sitsongrit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Pito throws out a leg kick but Sitsongrit moves out of range and Pito only half commits.
Sitsongrit connects with the punch.
Pito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sitsongrit fakes the leg kick and cracks Pito in the body.
Pito takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pito is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pito swings for the body but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a looping right hand.
 Pito is rocked!
Pito 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 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Petchongboo Sitsongrit!
An out of breath Petchongboo Sitsongrit thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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