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PFL Kickboxing 3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Jack Ripley (ranked 5078 p4p, 4729 weight class) and Simeon Joeves (ranked 238 p4p, 232 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Ripley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Simeon Joeves!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joeves connects with a looping right hand.
We've been told by Ripley's head coaches at Gladiator School that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Joeves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It looked like Ripley was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ripley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
 It looks like Simeon Joeves has been cut.
Ripley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ripley walks into a stiff left hand from Joeves.
Ripley misses with a combination
and Joeves counters with a nice uppercut.
Ripley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joeves.
Joeves now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ripley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joeves appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ripley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joeves.
Joeves swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ripley avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ripley seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
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!
Joeves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ripley.
Joeves does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ripley throws a big counter combination but Joeves scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A left and a right from Joeves both land. Nice combination.
Ripley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Joeves.
Joeves misses with a combination
and Ripley counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ripley avoids the body shot from Joeves.
Joeves tests Ripley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Joeves is looking to chop away at Ripley's legs.
Joeves scores with a hook.
Ripley moves forwards but Joeves connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Joeves motions for Ripley to come forward. Joeves throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Ripley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ripley throws a jab when Joeves was well out of range.
Simeon Joeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ripley misses with a double jab.
Ripley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joeves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ripley.
Joeves dodges the punch combination from Ripley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ripley scores with a nice head shot.
Joeves throws a head kick but Ripley moves out of range.
Joeves dips to his left and cracks Ripley with an uppercut!
Joeves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Ripley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jack Ripley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ripley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Joeves lands a slapping body shot.
Ripley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joeves has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Joeves lands a nice hook to Ripley's body. Ripley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ripley blocks a head kick by Joeves.
A quick step to the side and Ripley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joeves defending well as Ripley loads up on a big left hand.
Joeves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joeves with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simeon Joeves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Simeon Joeves's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ripley misses with a hook.
Jack Ripley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joeves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ripley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ripley avoids the head kick by Joeves.
Ripley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ripley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ripley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ripley misses with the combination.
Joeves moves into range and clinches up with Ripley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripley is looking to break free of the clinch but Joeves has double underhooks.
Joeves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joeves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joeves throws a counter combo.
Ripley misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves misses with a leg kick
and Ripley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ripley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Joeves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ripley.
Ripley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ripley blocks a head kick by Joeves.
Joeves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ripley.
Joeves throws a wild body kick that Ripley sees coming a mile off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ripley!
Joeves lands a jab to Ripley's midsection.
Ripley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ripley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joeves.
Joeves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ripley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ripley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joeves misses with a leg kick
and Ripley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joeves is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Joeves lands a slapping body shot.
Ripley misses with a looping right.
Joeves throws a right and a left that Ripley avoids nicely.
Ripley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ripley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Joeves.
We've been informed that Joeves has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Joeves throws a head kick but Ripley moves out of range.
Joeves tries to move into range but Ripley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Joeves misses with a body shot.
Ripley throwing a counter right hand but Joeves manages to avoid it.
Joeves scores with a jab to the body.
Ripley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joeves manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Ripley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Simeon Joeves's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Joeves lands a nice looking body shot.
Joeves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ripley, pushing him back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Ripley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ripley is looking to break free of the clinch but Joeves has double underhooks.
Joeves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripley tries to break free but Joeves pushes him back against the ropes.
Joeves keeps control of Ripley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ripley is looking to break free of the clinch but Joeves has double underhooks.
Ripley has had enough of the clinch but Joeves keeps him there for the moment.
Ripley is trying to push Joeves away but Joeves has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripley can't break the clinch.
Joeves has Ripley pressed against the ropes, preventing Ripley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ripley is trying to force a seperation but Joeves has the dominant position.
Ripley is trying to force a seperation but Joeves has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves keeps control of Ripley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ripley tries to break free but Joeves pushes him back against the ropes.
Ripley is trying to force a seperation but Joeves has the dominant position.
Joeves has Ripley pressed against the ropes, preventing Ripley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Joeves keeps control of Ripley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ripley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joeves has him pressed against the ropes.
Joeves breaks the clinch.
Ripley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Joeves connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ripley scrambles back to his feet.
Joeves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ripley was well out of range. Poor timing from Joeves.
Ripley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joeves.
Joeves scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ripley takes one to the side of the head.
Joeves connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Joeves takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Joeves jabs at Ripley's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripley feints a jab promting Joeves to slip. Ripley then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Joeves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ripley fails to land with a series of punches.
Ripley misses with a body shot
and Joeves counters by moving into the clinch.
Joeves manages to break the clinch.
Ripley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joeves.
A combination from Ripley does no damage.
Good standup being displayed there by Joeves as he connects with a hook.
Ripley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joeves.
Joeves throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Ripley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ripley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ripley misses with a jab to the body
and Joeves counters with a stiff right hand.
Joeves throws a lazy head kick
and Ripley counters with a left and a right that stings Joeves.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simeon Joeves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joeves has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simeon Joeves!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Momofuku Ando (ranked 4191 p4p, 4125 weight class) and Marques Lynch (ranked 347 p4p, 342 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marques Lynch!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ando rushes Lynch and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lynch blocks an uppercut.
Lynch swings wildly with an uppercut but Ando uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ando misses with the head strike.
Lynch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lynch throws a head punch that misses.
Ando lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Lynch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ando doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lynch blocks an uppercut.
Lynch blocks an uppercut.
Ando lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ando throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ando goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Ando on the inside.
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!
Ando misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Ando.
Ando misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Ando.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ando throws a punch but it's blocked by Lynch.
Ando lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ando creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ando lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ando gets through Lynch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lynch takes a shot to the head.
 Lynch is rocked!
A right hand to the body from Ando.
Lynch is still on wobbly legs! Can Ando finish him?
Lynch looks winded!
Ando misses with the head strike.
Lynch seems to have recovered his senses.
Lynch blocks an uppercut.
Ando is leaning against Lynch and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ando lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ando throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lynchs head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ando creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ando breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Lynch with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Lynch looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Lynch get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Momofuku Ando!
Our winner, Momofuku Ando, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Vicente Krueger (ranked 4395 p4p, 4719 weight class) and Juan Pito (ranked 220 p4p, 231 weight class). Vicente Krueger has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vicente Krueger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Pito!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krueger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pito throws a solid leg kick but Krueger takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pito.
Pito looks to score with a jab to the body but Krueger is just out of range.
Krueger throws a big counter combination but Pito scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pito lands with a thumping leg kick.
Krueger misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Pito to counter with a crisp jab.
Krueger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pito scores with a three punch combo!
Krueger misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pito! But no joy.
A slow jab from Krueger misses its intended target.
Krueger misses with a straight right.
Krueger throws a hook but Pito avoids it easily.
Pito misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pito throws a big shot that misses.
Krueger throws a series of punches but Pito avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krueger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Krueger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pito jabs Krueger to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pito lands a front kick.
Pito throws a low kick but Krueger moves out of range easily.
Pito thuds a left hand into Krueger's body.
Krueger dips to his left and cracks Pito with an uppercut!
Pito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pito throws the kick towards the body but Krueger avoids it.
Krueger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Krueger on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Krueger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krueger.
Pito is looking for the big counter here.
Pito lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pito throws a leg kick
and Krueger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Juan Pito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pito lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pito lands a nice looking body kick.
Pito smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Krueger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 Krueger is rocked!
Krueger ducks right into an uppercut from Pito.
Oh Krueger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pito clinches up with Krueger and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pito connects with a quick right hand that sends Krueger tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Juan Pito!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Wanderley Silva (ranked 25440 p4p, 4941 weight class) and Igor Drago (ranked 567 p4p, 475 weight class). Igor Drago will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderley Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Drago!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Drago tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Drago back against the ropes.
Silva looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva wants to break free but Drago has control.
Silva blocks a body shot from Drago.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago working aggressively here.
Drago misses with some punches.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drago lands with a shot to the body.
Drago looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Drago will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Drago works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drago scores with a jab to the body.
Igor Drago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drago scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Drago is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
BAM! Drago delivers a spinning backfist that drops Silva like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Igor Drago!
Igor Drago is the new heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Urjiah Chen (ranked 4459 p4p, 3241 weight class) and Bob Muise (ranked 479 p4p, 393 weight class). Chen comes to the ring accompanied by Адамға адам керек. Urjiah Chen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Urjiah Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Muise!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muise misses with a straight left.
Muise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chen manages to avoid it.
Muise swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Bob Muise has been cut.
Muise fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chen digs a good hook to Muise's body.
Muise uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chen.
Muise misses with a leg kick.
Chen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chen throws a shot to the body.
Muise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chen.
Muise fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Muise scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chen cracks a nice hook into Muise's ribs.
Muise takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Muise connects with a body shot.
Chen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chen checks a low kick from Muise.
Muise misses with a body shot
and Muise takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Muise keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise fails to land with a series of punches.
Muise bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chen connects with a crisp jab.
Muise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Muise. Those never looked like landing.
Chen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chen lands a glancing blow to the side of Muise's head.
Chen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chen is looking to wear down Muise with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Muise tries to bum rush Chen with a series of wild strikes but Chen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A quick step to the side and Chen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Urjiah Chen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Chen.
Muise fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Muise keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chen.
Muise pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muise swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Muise on the side of the head.
Chen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Chen misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muise. Chen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chen. Muise does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chen takes a swing at Muise's ribcage but misses.
Muise throws a body shot but no joy.
Muise has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chen finds it's way round the side to connect with Muise's head.
Chen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muise just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Chen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Muise.
Chen misses with a body shot.
Chen sizes up Muise with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Muise misses with a body shot.
Chen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muise.
Muise is looking for the big counter here.
Chen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muise was well out of range. Poor timing from Chen.
A nice side step and Muise releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Muise instigates a clinch.
Chen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Muise.
Muise is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chen is keeping busy.
Muise struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chen works on Muise's body with a couple of short punches.
Muise looks winded!
Chen struggles to land a body shot inside as Muise controls his hands.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Muise.
Chen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chen tries to throw a body punch but Muise avoids it by throwing Chen back against the ropes.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Muise uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muise pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muise lands with an overhand left.
Muise misses the body punch
and Chen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Muise takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muise manages to avoid it.
Chen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Muise takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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!
Chen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That has opened up Bob Muise's cut even more.
Chen cracks Muise with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muise misses with a wild body shot.
Muise lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chen at a distance.
Chen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Muise counters with a stiff right hand.
Chen thuds a left hand into Muise's body.
Muise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chen.
A jab from Chen finds it's way through Muise's defenses.
Muise bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Muise lands with a good body shot.
Muise dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chen. That did some damage!
Muise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chen.
Nice uppercut there from Chen.
Muise swings for the body but Chen moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muise gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chen misses the shot to the body.
Muise on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Urjiah Chen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Muise's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Muise moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Muise.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Muise.
Chen prevents a body shot from Muise.
Muise working Chen over with knees to the body.
Muise lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muise lands an elbow inside that Chen shrugs off.
Muise manages to break the clinch.
Chen lands with an overhand left.
Muise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chen manages to avoid it.
Chen is looking for a counter combo.
Chen lands a really nice looking cross but Muise seems unphased.
Chen sizes up Muise with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Muise fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muise appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Muise punishes Chen's body with a nice straight punch.
Muise dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Muise slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen is looking to counter punch.
Chen swings for the body but Muise moves out of range.
Chen takes a swing at Muise's ribcage but misses.
Muise misses with an uppercut
and Chen counters with a series of strikes. Muise will be more careful next time no doubt.
Muise throws a body shot but no joy.
Chen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muise.
Chen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muise manages to avoid it.
Muise feints a counter leg kick.
Muise connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chen momentarily.
Muise misses with a jab to the body
and Chen counters with a right hand to the body.
Chen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muise circles away quickly and effectively.
Muise ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Muise back to the ropes. Chen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Chen misses its intended target.
Chen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The cut above Bob Muise's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Chen looks to land a combination but Muise avoids it well.
Muise moves into the clinch successfully.
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 manages to break the clinch.
Chen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muise.
Chen throws a sloppy body shot
and Muise counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chen thinking.
Chen misses with a jab to the body
and Muise counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've been informed that Muise has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muise.
Chen drops his hands momentarily and Muise takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Muise takes the fight into the clinch.
Chen being controlled against the ropes.
Muise stalling the fight.
Muise looking to stall.
Chen pushes Muise back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muise tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Muise tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Chen tries to throw a body punch but Muise avoids it by throwing Chen back against the ropes.
Chen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Muise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Muise.
A short right from Chen.
Chen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muise.
Muise has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Still in the clinch, Chen scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Chen.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Muise creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Muise misses with a punch to the body.
Muise is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chen misses with some punches.
Muise blocks a body shot from Chen.
Chen tries a body shot but Muise blocks it.
Muise stalling in the clinch but Chen improves position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chen tries to work over Muise's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muise's elbow.
Muise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut there from Chen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chen tries to keep at a distance but Muise has taken the fight into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Muise.
Muise softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Chen prevents a body shot from Muise.
Muise is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chen is defending well for now.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Muise escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chen scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muise.
Urjiah Chen is winning the standup battle so far.
Chen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Muise. Muise circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bob Muise will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bob Muise's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Chen misses with a double jab.
Muise misses with a wild body shot.
Chen cracks a nice hook into Muise's ribs.
Chen misses with a wild body shot.
Muise throws a body punch but Chen moves out of range.
Muise misses with a hook to the body
and Chen counters with a nice body shot.
Chen lands a nice shot that snaps Muise's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muise. Chen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chen defending well as Muise loads up on a big left hand.
Chen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chen looks to land a combination but Muise avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muise on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Muise scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muise works Chen's body with a nice hook.
Muise takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chen tries to bum rush Muise with a series of wild strikes but Muise uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chen misses the jab.
Muise with a nice cross.
A slow jab from Muise misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Muise.
Chen misses the shot to the body.
Chen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muise.
Chen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muise was well out of range. Poor timing from Chen.
Muise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Muise at a distance.
Chen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big right from Muise misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Chen misses the target.
Muise darts in and clinches Chen up against the ropes.
Muise is leaning against Chen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bob Muise seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muise lands a left hand.
Muise escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Muise misses its intended target.
Chen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muise can do to turn this around?
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chen, as that shot connected.
Muise staying out of range there.
Chen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chen throws a right hand that misses
and Muise counters with a right hand to the body.
Muise throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Chen throws a body shot but no joy.
Muise unleashes a big counter combination but Chen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chen.
Muise moves into the clinch successfully.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Muise pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Muise stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Muise scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Muise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chen was well out of range. Poor timing from Muise.
Muise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chen throws a body shot but no joy.
Chen misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Muise misses the target.
Muise avoids the body shot from Chen.
Chen throws a right and a left that Muise avoids nicely.
A big left from Chen misses.
Muise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muise keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muise throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chen.
Chen throws an overhand right that lands on Muise's shoulder, as Muise tries to avoid the shot.
Muise let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Muise misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muise's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chen under the eye.
Muise rushes Chen and presses him up against the ropes.
Chen lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muise.
Muise lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muise tries to stall but Chen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Muise throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Muise pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muise gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chen.
Muise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muise looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Muise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chen.
Chen digs a good hook to Muise's body.
Chen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muise.
Chen avoids the body shot from Muise.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Urjiah Chen.
I think Chen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Urjiah Chen!
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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ricardo Diaz (ranked 24867 p4p, 25101 weight class) and Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov (ranked 417 p4p, 395 weight class). Diaz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Green Goblin Mode. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 2 - 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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabolsagadumedov tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Diaz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jabolsagadumedov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jabolsagadumedov closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov pushes Diaz back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz lands an elbow inside that Jabolsagadumedov shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jabolsagadumedov is rocked!
It looks like Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov has been cut.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Jabolsagadumedov.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov seems to have recovered his senses.
Jabolsagadumedov takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov lands with a light punch inside.
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 Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Jabolsagadumedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov pushes Diaz back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov lands a body shot.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov missing with knees to the body.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Jabolsagadumedov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov tries a body shot but Diaz blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jabolsagadumedov.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz lands an elbow inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
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 Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov'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.
Jabolsagadumedov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jabolsagadumedov closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the ropes.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ricardo Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
A short body shot lands from Jabolsagadumedov as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jabolsagadumedov can do to turn this around?
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jabolsagadumedov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz lands a nice elbow.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
A right handed body shot lands from Jabolsagadumedov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Jabolsagadumedov.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
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 Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Diaz has managed to clinch.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jabolsagadumedov's defenses.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jabolsagadumedov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jabolsagadumedov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a body punch.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz lands a damaging elbow.
Jabolsagadumedov pushes Diaz back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz lands an elbow just above Jabolsagadumedov 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
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 Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jabolsagadumedov throws a head kick that misses.
Jabolsagadumedov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Jabolsagadumedov back against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Jabolsagadumedov lands a right hand.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz lands a damaging elbow.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jabolsagadumedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Nice body punch from Jabolsagadumedov.
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!
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Jabolsagadumedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids the elbow strike from Diaz, against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Jabolsagadumedov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Jabolsagadumedov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jabolsagadumedov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Diaz had his way with Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov in that round.
The cut man is working on Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jabolsagadumedov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Good body shot from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Jabolsagadumedov can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Jabolsagadumedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with some punches.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz lands a damaging elbow.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diaz avoiding damage as Jabolsagadumedov throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz lands an elbow inside.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Jabolsagadumedov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jabolsagadumedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jabolsagadumedov.
 It looks like Ricardo Diaz has been cut.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
A short right from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jabolsagadumedov tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jabolsagadumedov's defenses.
Jabolsagadumedov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Jabolsagadumedov.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz lands a damaging elbow.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jabolsagadumedov's brow.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Jabolsagadumedov misses with the head strike.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Jabolsagadumedov blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Jabolsagadumedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jabolsagadumedov dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Ramzhek Jabolsagadumedov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jabolsagadumedov lands with a short punch from 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 James Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Diaz!
Ricardo Diaz retains his featherweight title!
Post fight, an emotional Ricardo Diaz said '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 Trefas Marton Magyar (ranked 4398 p4p, 5028 weight class) and Jarran Yagan (ranked 476 p4p, 514 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trefas Marton Magyar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarran Yagan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magyar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yagan raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Magyar lands a nice shot that snaps Yagan's head back.
Magyar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Magyar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yagan avoids a kick to the body.
Magyar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Magyar.
Magyar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A low kick from Magyar misses
and Yagan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magyar throws a front kick that sends Yagan stumbling back into the ropes.
Magyar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Magyar misses with a looping right.
Magyar clobbers Yagan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Magyar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Magyar.
Magyar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Magyar misses with a leg kick.
It seemed like Yagan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magyar misses with a straight right.
Magyar misses with a hook.
Magyar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yagan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters circling a little - Magyar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Magyar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice side step and Yagan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Magyar gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Yagan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yagan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magyar lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magyar misses with a body shot
and Yagan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Magyar thuds his shin into the meat of Yagan's side.
Magyar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Magyar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Magyar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yagan blocks the body kick.
It seemed like Yagan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Both fighters circling a little - Magyar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Magyar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Magyar misses the target.
Trefas Marton Magyar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magyar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yagan flicks out a counter leg kick but Magyar steps away.
Magyar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Magyar.
Yagan throws a lazy uppercut
and Magyar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Magyar throws a body kick that misses.
It seemed like Yagan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Magyar scores with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magyar misses with a body kick.
Yagan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Magyar cracks Yagan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Trefas Marton Magyar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Magyar moves away from the strike by Yagan.
Yagan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Magyar with a nice cross.
Magyar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Magyar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yagan moves forwards but Magyar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yagan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Magyar - the referee stops the clock and Yagan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Magyar. Yagan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Magyar.
Magyar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yagan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Magyar.
Yagan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yagan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Magyar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yagan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magyar.
Yagan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Magyar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yagan under the eye.
Yagan is looking to land body kicks.
Magyar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yagan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Magyar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yagan slips a straight right by Magyar.
Magyar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yagan if he has to take too many more of those.
Magyar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yagan.
Magyar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A little jabbing left from Yagan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magyar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yagan.
Magyar throws a lazy right hand but Yagan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magyar throws a head kick that misses
and Yagan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Magyar really felt that one!
Yagan slips a straight right by Magyar.
Yagan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Magyar with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yagan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Magyar.
Magyar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yagan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yagan! But no joy.
Magyar throws a half hearted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yagan! But no joy.
Magyar connects with a solid leg kick.
Yagan stuns Magyar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yagan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yagan looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Magyar throws the kick towards the body but Yagan avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magyar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yagan. That did some damage!
Magyar scores with a leg kick.
Yagan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Magyar counters with a nice kick to the body.
Magyar throws a leg kick which misses Yagan's front leg but catches the back leg as Yagan tries to avoid it.
Magyar thumps Yagan with a low kick.
Magyar misses with a wild body shot.
Yagan throws out a counter right but Magyar avoids it with no problem.
Nice body kick there by Magyar.
Magyar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Trefas Marton Magyar dominated that second 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!
Magyar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Magyar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Magyar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yagan is out of range.
Yagan blocks a low kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yagan! But no joy.
Magyar misses with a low kick as Yagan jumps back.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yagan! But no joy.
Yagan throws the kick towards the body but Magyar avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magyar throws a low kick, looking for Yagan's leg but Yagan calmly moves out of range.
A nice side step and Yagan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Magyar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magyar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Magyar throws out a leg kick but Yagan moves out of range and Magyar only half commits.
Magyar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yagan can do to turn this around?
Crunch! Magyar slams his shin into Yagan's torso.
Magyar pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yagan is out of range and Magyar settles back down.
Magyar looks to land a body kick but Yagan moved away.
Yagan is trying to counter with his kicks.
A jab lands there for Magyar.
Magyar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Magyar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magyar lands with a hook. Yagan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Magyar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Magyar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Magyar tries to land a leg kick but Yagan saw it coming and moves away.
Yagan misses with a straight right.
Yagan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Magyar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yagan scrambles back to his feet.
Magyar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yagan throws out a loose jab but Magyar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarran Yagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yagan avoids a kick to the body.
Yagan tries a quick counter leg kick but Magyar is wise to it.
Trefas Marton Magyar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Magyar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Magyar connects with a nice looking jab.
Magyar loads up on a big right hand but Yagan slips the punch.
Yagan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Magyar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Magyar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magyar scores with a jab. Yagan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Magyar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Magyar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Magyar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magyar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yagan throws out a counter right but Magyar avoids it with no problem.
Good leg kick by Magyar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Magyar fakes the leg kick and cracks Yagan in the body.
Magyar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yagan. Yagan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trefas Marton Magyar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Magyar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trefas Marton Magyar!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Daquain Austin (ranked 4226 p4p, 4173 weight class) and Sachi Keikain (ranked 376 p4p, 370 weight class). The key to victory for Daquain Austin has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Daquain Austin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sachi Keikain!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin throws a poor cross that misses
and Keikain counters with a thumping low kick.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with a nice body kick.
Austin looks to land a right hand but Keikain moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keikain! But no joy.
A right-left combo lands from Austin.
It looks like Sachi Keikain has been cut.
Austin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Austin throws a lazy uppercut
and Keikain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Austin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin misses with the head strike.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the ropes.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin is trying to push Keikain away but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin blocking some punches.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keikain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
Keikain works on Austin's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain is working Austin over against the ropes.
Austin lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with some punches.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a right hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Keikain lands with a left to the head.
Keikain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Keikain.
Keikain prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Keikain misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin has a couple of punches blocked by Keikain.
Austin lands an uppercut.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Austin working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keikain lands a body shot.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
Austin lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Keikain tries to move into range but Austin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Keikain misses the shot to the body.
Keikain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Austin throws out the jab.
Austin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Austin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keikain! But no joy.
Keikain defending well as Austin loads up on a big left hand.
Keikain misses with a straight right.
Austin looks to throw the jab but Keikain is out of range.
Keikain has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Austin finds it's way round the side to connect with Keikain's head.
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keikain just misses with a punch to the body.
Keikain misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Austin throws a jab when Keikain was well out of range.
Austin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Keikain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Austin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Austin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keikain slips a jab from Austin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keikain slips a straight right by Austin.
Austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keikain throws out a counter right but Austin avoids it with no problem.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keikain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Austin misses with a looping right.
Keikain follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Keikain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keikain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Daquain Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keikain slips under a jab.
Austin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Austin throws a combination that misses
and Keikain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keikain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keikain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
Keikain clinches up with Austin and pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keikain lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Austin.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Keikain throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Keikain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Austin working aggressively here.
Keikain lands with a light punch inside.
Austin blocks a body shot from Keikain.
Keikain stalls.
A short right from Keikain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keikain blocking some punches.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Keikain keeps him there for the moment.
Austin takes a shot to the head.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain cracks Austin with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keikain struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Keikain lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Austin's efforts to push away.
Austin working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keikain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Keikain lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Keikain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Austin's efforts to push away.
Austin is trying to force a seperation but Keikain has the dominant position.
Austin lands with a left to 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!
Austin can't break the clinch.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Austin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keikain scores with a shoulder strike.
Keikain lands a body punch.
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 Daquain Austin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Austin misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Keikain was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Austin lands with an uppercut that bounces Keikain off the ropes and back into range.
Keikain has Austin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Keikain lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Austin or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain misses with the head strike.
Keikain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sachi Keikain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain is struggling to control the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keikain.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Austin working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin is trying to push Keikain away but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands with a short shot to the head.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keikain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Austins head.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Austin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Austin lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin working aggressively here.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Austin lands a shoulder strike.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin being controlled against the ropes.
Keikain prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
Keikain digs a right hand underneath Austin's ribcage. Austin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Austin.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
A short left from Keikain.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Keikain.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain'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.
Austin takes one on the button.
Austin scores with a nice strike.
Austin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keikain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Austin lands the left hand.
Austin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keikain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Austin.
Keikain takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Austin throws a poor cross that misses
and Keikain counters by clinching up.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Keikain misses with the head strike.
Austin blocking some punches.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the ropes.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain stalling.
Austin wants to get back to striking at distance but Keikain won't allow it.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Austin blocks a body shot from Keikain.
Keikain lands a shot to the body.
Austin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes.
Keikain lands a hook that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Come on Keikain - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice right hand lands inside from Keikain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keikain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Austins head.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Keikain blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keikain.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot in the inside from Keikain.
Austin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Keikain gets through Austin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Keikain lands a hook that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keikain misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Keikain.
Austin is rocked!
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Oh Austin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin seems to have got his legs back now.
Keikain content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Keikain.
Keikain lands a left hand.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Keikain scores with a shot to the side of Austin's head.
Keikain lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Austin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keikain lands with a light punch inside.
Austin wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Austin.
Keikain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain'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. This is the final round!
Keikain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keikain throws out a counter right but Austin avoids it with no problem.
Daquain Austin is winning the standup battle so far.
Keikain gets a clinch.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Austin misses with some punches.
Keikain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
Keikain lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain presses Austin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Keikain throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keikain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Keikain lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Keikain.
A nice left hand lands by Keikain.
A right handed body shot lands from Keikain.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
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 quick uppercut on the inside from Keikain.
Keikain has Austin pressed against the ropes, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keikain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain scores with a shot to the side of Austin's head.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Keikain lands a nice uppercut.
Austin lands a right hand.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Keikain as the two fighters clinch.
Keikain breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Austin with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Austin looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Austin get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Sachi Keikain!
Sachi Keikain is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sangye Tsering (ranked 2994 p4p, 25428 weight class) and DeShaun Darious (ranked 168 p4p, 251 weight class). Tsering's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Мен – тыва мен. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sangye Tsering!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DeShaun Darious!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsering cracks Darious with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Darious is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Darious is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
It looks like DeShaun Darious has been cut.
Darious is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tsering avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tsering clinches up with Darious and pushes him back against the ropes.
Tsering lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsering lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tsering cracks Darious with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Darious goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Darious wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Sangye Tsering!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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