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STRIKE! 43 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Petcharon Darawan (ranked 2939 p4p, 20667 weight class) and Medieval Mercenary (ranked 254 p4p, 373 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Petcharon Darawan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Petcharon Darawan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Petcharon Darawan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 30 - 2, fighting out of New York, Medieval Mercenary!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercenary swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Darawan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darawan connects with a leg kick.
Mercenary throws a leg kick that is checked
and Darawan counters with a leg kick.
Mercenary misses with an uppercut
and Darawan counters with a low kick, right behind Mercenary 's knee.
Mercenary misses with a hook. Darawan ducked under it nicely.
Darawan half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mercenary misses with an uppercut
and Darawan counters with a solid body kick.
Darawan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mercenary throws a head kick that misses.
Darawan drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Mercenary onto his butt! Mercenary pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
 Mercenary is rocked!
 It looks like Medieval Mercenary has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mercenary misses with a few strikes there.
Mercenary is still on wobbly legs! Can Darawan finish him?
A solid leg kick lands there for Darawan.
Mercenary misses with a left hand
and Darawan counters with a nice body kick.
Mercenary looks winded!
Mercenary misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Darawan counters with a nice leg kick.
Mercenary seems to have recovered his senses.
Darawan scores with a spinning back kick!
Darawan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mercenary doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Darawan.
Medieval Mercenary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darawan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mercenary.
Mercenary misses with a jab to the body
and Darawan counters with an inside leg kick.
Darawan lands with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darawan.
Mercenary walks into a perfectly timed head kick by Darawan and drops face first to the floor! Mercenary's eyes are wide open but he's not all there - he's just flopping around the mat like a drunk on rollerskates! The referee doesn't even start the count - he's called an end to the fight, with Mercenary in no position to continue!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Petcharon Darawan!
Petcharon Darawan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaizka Elizondo (ranked 5172 p4p, 4720 weight class) and Nedjeljko Krajisnik (ranked 460 p4p, 438 weight class). Elizondo comes to the cage accompanied by Peewee Longway & Money Man - Ooowwweee. The crowd seem to be enjoying Krajisnik's choice of entrance music: Sexual Harrassement - I Need a Freak. Gaizka Elizondo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 29 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaizka Elizondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nedjeljko Krajisnik!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krajisnik pivots, looking for a leg kick but Elizondo is out of range and Krajisnik settles back down.
Elizondo throws a leg kick that misses.
Krajisnik connects with a high kick.
Elizondo throws a sloppy body shot
and Krajisnik counters with a left to the body.
Elizondo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krajisnik.
Krajisnik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Elizondo was well out of range. Poor timing from Krajisnik.
Krajisnik lands with a thumping leg kick.
Krajisnik avoids the body shot from Elizondo.
Krajisnik doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Elizondo misses with a left hand
and Krajisnik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Elizondo tries to clinch but Krajisnik moves out of range.
Krajisnik is trying to counter with his kicks.
Elizondo looks to land a right hand but Krajisnik moved out of range.
Krajisnik avoids a kick to the body.
Krajisnik misses with a straight right.
Elizondo missing with a left hand there. Krajisnik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Elizondo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Krajisnik momentarily.
Krajisnik lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elizondo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elizondo motions for Krajisnik to come forward. Elizondo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Elizondo misses.
Elizondo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krajisnik clinches.
Krajisnik with a knee to the head.
Krajisnik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Krajisnik.
Krajisnik managing to block the knees to the body from Elizondo.
Elizondo tries to circle away but Krajisnik has him pinned against the cage.
Krajisnik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Elizondo can't break the clinch.
Krajisnik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krajisnik throws a chopping leg kick but Elizondo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A little feinted left hand from Elizondo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Krajisnik cracks Elizondo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krajisnik throws the kick towards the body but Elizondo avoids it.
Elizondo throws a head kick that misses.
Elizondo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krajisnik counters quickly with a head kick that drops Elizondo to the mat! The referee starts the count at 3 - will Elizondo be able to get back to his feet in time? 4,5,6, he's up. He looks OK so we'll continue the action!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krajisnik lands a body shot.
Elizondo circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajisnik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krajisnik slips a straight right by Elizondo.
Krajisnik lands with a thumping leg kick.
Krajisnik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Elizondo.
Elizondo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krajisnik takes the fight into the clinch.
Krajisnik has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Elizondo is trying to maintain a safe position but Krajisnik gets an underhook and turns Elizondo into the cage.
Elizondo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krajisnik avoids it.
Krajisnik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Elizondo lands a hook that snaps the head of Krajisnik backwards.
Elizondo is trying to maintain a safe position but Krajisnik gets an underhook and turns Elizondo into the cage.
Elizondo is trying to stall.
Krajisnik lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krajisnik lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Krajisnik breaks from the clinch.
Elizondo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Krajisnik. That's going to slow Elizondo down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Nedjeljko Krajisnik should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
That's time! Elizondo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Elizondo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krajisnik walks into a straight right hand from Elizondo.
Nedjeljko Krajisnik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Elizondo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Elizondo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Elizondo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Krajisnik blocks a jab.
Krajisnik now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Krajisnik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Elizondo tried to score with a low kick but Krajisnik checks it.
Krajisnik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Elizondo.
Krajisnik throws a sloppy head kick and Elizondo moves out of range easily.
Elizondo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Krajisnik throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Krajisnik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Krajisnik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Elizondo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Krajisnik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Elizondo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Elizondo.
Gaizka Elizondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Krajisnik scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Elizondo wants to land a leg kick but Krajisnik is out of range.
Krajisnik doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elizondo is looking to chop away at Krajisnik's legs.
Krajisnik swings for the body but Elizondo moves out of range.
Elizondo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krajisnik manages to avoid it.
Krajisnik connects with a crisp jab.
Elizondo throws a shot from downtown. Krajisnik moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Krajisnik on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
An inside leg kick from Krajisnik misses.
Elizondo throws a big shot that misses.
Krajisnik ducks under a wild hook from Elizondo.
Elizondo misses with an uppercut.
Krajisnik throws a sloppy head kick and Elizondo moves out of range easily.
Good work by Krajisnik as he checks the leg kick.
Elizondo backing away here, and Krajisnik unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Krajisnik lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Elizondo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Elizondo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Elizondo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Krajisnik.
Elizondo tries to clinch there but Krajisnik circles away.
Krajisnik only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Elizondo moves out of range of the body kick from Krajisnik.
Elizondo checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elizondo moves out of range as Krajisnik throws a body kick.
Krajisnik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krajisnik lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krajisnik lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Elizondo tries to land knees in the clinch but Krajisnik avoids the damage to the body.
Krajisnik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Elizondo throws a lazy right hand but Krajisnik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Elizondo.
Elizondo cracks Krajisnik with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Krajisnik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Elizondo.
Krajisnik has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Krajisnik connects with a crisp jab.
Elizondo throws a leg kick but Krajisnik sees it coming and moves out of range.
Krajisnik fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Elizondo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Elizondo throws a hook but Krajisnik blocks it.
Krajisnik connects with a good right hand that stumbles Elizondo. Elizondo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Elizondo tries to land a front kick but Krajisnik steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nedjeljko Krajisnik will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Krajisnik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Elizondo.
Gaizka Elizondo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elizondo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Elizondo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Krajisnik checks a leg kick.
Elizondo is looking to score with low kicks.
Krajisnik is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Elizondo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Elizondo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Elizondo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Krajisnik throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Krajisnik moves out of range as Elizondo strikes.
Krajisnik feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krajisnik scores with a push kick.
Krajisnik has closed the distance and engaged Elizondo in a clinch.
Krajisnik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Krajisnik managing to block the knees to the body from Elizondo.
Krajisnik lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krajisnik lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajisnik lands a shot to the body.
Krajisnik breaks the clinch.
Elizondo tries to score with a low kick but Krajisnik moves his leg out of the way.
Krajisnik lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krajisnik throws a leg kick but Elizondo checks it.
Elizondo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nedjeljko Krajisnik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Krajisnik has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Krajisnik there as he acknowledges the shot.
Krajisnik moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Elizondo misses the target.
Elizondo scores with a hook to the body. Krajisnik takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Krajisnik scores with a nice body kick.
Elizondo lands a head kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Krajisnik!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Krajisnik.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krajisnik has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elizondo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elizondo taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Krajisnik.
Elizondo missing with knees to the body.
Elizondo lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Nedjeljko Krajisnik has been cut.
Elizondo misses with a knee to the head.
Krajisnik breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Krajisnik.
Krajisnik closes the distance and clinches.
Elizondo misses with a knee to the head.
Elizondo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krajisnik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Elizondo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Elizondo missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nedjeljko Krajisnik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Krajisnik 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nedjeljko Krajisnik!
In his post fight interview, Nedjeljko Krajisnik started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Gaizka Elizondo stepped up to the mic, saying 'gonna take some time off '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Michał Kowalkiewicz (ranked 494 p4p, 20648 weight class) and Kirov Sturmovik (ranked 65 p4p, 502 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michał Kowalkiewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 29 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirov Sturmovik!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturmovik throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a straight right hand.
Sturmovik misses with a left hand
and Kowalkiewicz counters with an inside leg kick.
Sturmovik lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kowalkiewicz 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.
We've been told by Kowalkiewicz's head coaches at Canadian Elite Bruins Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kowalkiewicz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sturmovik throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sturmovik loads up on a big right hand but Kowalkiewicz slips the punch.
Kowalkiewicz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kowalkiewicz moves into range and connects with a jab.
It looks like Kirov Sturmovik has been cut.
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!
Kowalkiewicz moves away from the strike by Sturmovik.
The crowd cheers as Kowalkiewicz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sturmovik doesn't seem phased though.
Kowalkiewicz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sturmovik misses with a hook. Kowalkiewicz ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Sturmovik.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturmovik misses with a lunging right hand
and Kowalkiewicz counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Sturmovik goes down! Kowalkiewicz rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Sturmovik is up to one knee.... 8,9....10! He didn't make it! This fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Michał Kowalkiewicz!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Waldron (ranked 20221 p4p, 21520 weight class) and Henri De Lagardere (ranked 159 p4p, 124 weight class). 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 25 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Waldron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waldron throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Lagardere dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Waldron. That did some damage!
Waldron gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Waldron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Lagardere's defenses.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Nice body punch from Waldron - that landed with a thud.
Waldron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Lagardere's defenses.
Waldron slows down the pace here.
De Lagardere wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Waldron lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Waldron content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De Lagardere avoids a wild elbow strike from Waldron.
De Lagardere tries to circle away but Waldron has him pinned against the cage.
De Lagardere takes a shot to the head.
Waldron makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Lagardere is trying to push Waldron away but Waldron has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Waldron lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Henri De Lagardere's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Lagardere wants to get back to striking at distance but Waldron won't allow it.
Waldron lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Waldron blocks a body shot from De Lagardere.
Waldron lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee calls for Waldron to work.
De Lagardere wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Lagardere is trying to break the clinch but Waldron is controlling him.
Waldron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Waldron drops De Lagardere with a big knee! Will De Lagardere beat the count? Yep, he's up already and we're only at 3... let's see if he's just faking it or if he's actually OK.
Waldron scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops De Lagardere to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Waldron away as he looks to land an illegal blow. De Lagardere got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
De Lagardere is rocked!
The cut above Henri De Lagardere's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Lagardere misses with a wild body shot.
De Lagardere throws the left hand but Waldron avoids the punch easily.
Waldron looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Waldron closes the distance but De Lagardere moves to the side
letting De Lagardere counter with a right hand.
Waldron uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Lagardere.
Waldron went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Lagardere throws a combination that misses
and Waldron counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere tries to keep at a distance but Waldron has taken the fight into the clinch.
Waldron looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Waldron working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Waldron throws an elbow that misses.
Waldron trying to land knees to the body.
De Lagardere looking to throw knees to the head but Waldron is blocking nicely.
De Lagardere with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Waldron lands an uppercut.
Waldron lands an elbow that stopped De Lagardere in his tracks for a moment.
Waldron lands an elbow inside that De Lagardere shrugs off.
Henri De Lagardere's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henri De Lagardere's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Johnny Waldron!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 23706 p4p, 20534 weight class) and Alex Alexandrov (ranked 482 p4p, 499 weight class). Alex Alexandrov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 43 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Alexandrov!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexandrov tries to keep at a distance but Murray has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murray lands an elbow that stopped Alexandrov in his tracks for a moment.
Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Alex Alexandrov has been cut.
Alexandrov is leaning against Murray and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Alexandrov avoiding damage as Murray throws knees to the body.
Alexandrov tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murray obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
Alexandrov looks winded!
Alexandrov has a couple of punches blocked by Murray.
Murray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexandrov's defenses.
Alexandrov wants to stall.
Murray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murray avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Alexandrov throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murray lands an elbow that stopped Alexandrov in his tracks for a moment.
Alexandrov tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov has a couple of punches blocked by Murray.
Nice elbow from Murray.
Murray lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alexandrov.
Murray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alexandrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murray cracks Alexandrov with a nice body shot.
Alexandrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice body punch from Murray.
Murray is leaning against Alexandrov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murray lands a nice elbow.
Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
Alexandrov has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Murray putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murray displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alexandrov up against the cage.
Murray lands an elbow inside that Alexandrov shrugs off.
Murray lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murray lands a nice knee to the body.
Alexandrov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alexandrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murray connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Murray.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
Murray working Alexandrov over with knees to the body.
Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Murray lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those.
Murray is working Alexandrov over against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Murray.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Murray prevents a body shot from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Murray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Alexandrov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alexandrov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A combination from Alexandrov does no damage.
Murray half committed to a counter leg kick.
Alexandrov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Murray counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Alexandrov onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue.
Alexandrov is rocked!
Murray comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alexandrov is still on wobbly legs! Can Murray finish him?
Alexandrov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alexandrov forces Murray back against the cage and clinches.
Alexandrov seems to have recovered his senses.
Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murray displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alexandrov up against the cage.
Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murray lands an elbow just above Alexandrov 's eye.
Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexandrov can do to turn this around?
Alexandrov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murray landing knees to the body.
Alexandrov is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray taking a breather.
Murray lands an elbow inside.
Murray lands a nice knee to the body.
Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murray lands a knee to the head.
Murray putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murray pushes Alexandrov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murray lands a nice knee to the body.
Murray lands a damaging elbow.
Murray has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Alexandrov to the canvas! Can Alexandrov beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Alexandrov was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Murray is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Lee Murray!
Lee Murray seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Torsten Mjölnir (ranked 22178 p4p, 2634 weight class) and Darius Thibodeaux (ranked 492 p4p, 306 weight class). Darius Thibodeaux has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Torsten Mjölnir's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Torsten Mjölnir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mjölnir looks to land a left hand but Thibodeaux moved out of range nicely.
Thibodeaux looks like he wants to counter punch here.
No joy there for Mjölnir, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thibodeaux swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mjölnir throws a body punch but Thibodeaux moves out of range.
Thibodeaux lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mjölnir misses with a low kick as Thibodeaux jumps back.
Mjölnir lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mjölnir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thibodeaux drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Mjölnir onto his butt! Mjölnir pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
 Mjölnir is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mjölnir dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thibodeaux. That did some damage!
Oh Mjölnir is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mjölnir misses with a low kick.
Mjölnir connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thibodeaux momentarily.
Mjölnir throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thibodeaux counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mjölnir seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Mjölnir.
A nice side step and Thibodeaux releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thibodeaux weaves into range and cracks Mjölnir right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Mjölnir goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Thibodeaux is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darius Thibodeaux!
A victorious Darius Thibodeaux thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Elbow Zombie Chai (ranked 23769 p4p, 1926 weight class) and Shahzad Abdelrahman (ranked 388 p4p, 181 weight class). Abdelrahman has chosen Blow The Whistle as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Elbow Zombie Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shahzad Abdelrahman!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman throws a front kick aimed at Chai's knee but Chai avoids it well.
Abdelrahman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chai stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Chai just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdelrahman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abdelrahman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A slow jab from Abdelrahman misses its intended target.
Chai looks to land a combination but Abdelrahman avoids it well.
Abdelrahman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abdelrahman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chai cracks Abdelrahman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Chai jabs Abdelrahman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abdelrahman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Abdelrahman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chai misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Abdelrahman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chai throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai throws an off balance right hand
and Abdelrahman counters with a slapping leg kick.
Chai throws an overhand right that lands on Abdelrahman's shoulder, as Abdelrahman tries to avoid the shot.
Abdelrahman is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chai with a body shot.
Chai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Abdelrahman counters with a straight right hand.
Abdelrahman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Abdelrahman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abdelrahman misses with a low kick.
Abdelrahman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chai's head.
Abdelrahman tried to score with a low kick but Chai checks it.
Chai throwing a counter right hand but Abdelrahman manages to avoid it.
Abdelrahman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chai was well out of range. Poor timing from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abdelrahman avoids the body shot from Chai.
Chai blocks a low kick nicely.
Chai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A bone on bone clash there as Chai blocks the leg kick.
Chai misses with a body shot.
Abdelrahman throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
Chai is looking for a counter combo.
Abdelrahman wants to land a leg kick but Chai is out of range.
Nice jab there from Chai.
Abdelrahman scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Chai.
Abdelrahman misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
Chai misses with a body shot.
Abdelrahman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Abdelrahman counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Abdelrahman moved out of range.
A low kick lands for Abdelrahman.
Chai shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No joy there for Abdelrahman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chai fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Abdelrahman on the side of the head.
Abdelrahman moves out of range as Chai strikes.
Chai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abdelrahman circles away quickly and effectively.
Abdelrahman staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai misses with a series of wild punches.
Abdelrahman throws out a counter right but Chai avoids it with no problem.
Chai misses with a body shot
and Abdelrahman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chai digs a good body shot into Abdelrahman's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Elbow Zombie Chai will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chai smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Elbow Zombie Chai is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Chai misses its intended target.
Abdelrahman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A left and a right from Chai both land. Nice combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Abdelrahman, as that shot connected.
Abdelrahman is looking to slow Chai down with leg kicks.
Abdelrahman works Chai's body with a nice hook.
Chai getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Abdelrahman throws a leg kick but Chai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Abdelrahman checks the leg kick.
Abdelrahman tries to move into range but Chai moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Chai misses its intended target.
Chai throws a right and a left that Abdelrahman avoids nicely.
Abdelrahman was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chai. Abdelrahman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Chai checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chai seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Abdelrahman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdelrahman throws a hook but Chai blocks it.
Chai ducks under a wild hook from Abdelrahman.
Abdelrahman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Abdelrahman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abdelrahman throws a leg kick but Chai checks it.
Chai throws a hook but Abdelrahman blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Abdelrahman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abdelrahman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abdelrahman connects with a leg kick.
Abdelrahman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Chai misses.
Chai misses with a hook. Abdelrahman ducked under it nicely.
Abdelrahman tries a low kick but Chai avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Chai misses its target.
Chai loads up on a big right hand but Abdelrahman slips the punch.
Abdelrahman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Chai does it's job there.
Chai is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Abdelrahman slips a straight right by Chai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws a lazy right hand but Abdelrahman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abdelrahman gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Chai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chai misses with a wild body shot.
Chai bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Abdelrahman's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abdelrahman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chai throws the left hand but Abdelrahman avoids the punch easily.
Abdelrahman has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Abdelrahman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chai throws a lazy right hand but Abdelrahman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abdelrahman wants to counter the offense by Chai and move into the clinch position.
Chai throws a hook but Abdelrahman blocks it.
Abdelrahman moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Abdelrahman counters with a nice uppercut.
Chai swings away with a body shot that misses
and Abdelrahman counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai misses with a double jab.
Abdelrahman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chai misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Abdelrahman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elbow Zombie Chai dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.
A head kick by Chai misses
and Abdelrahman counters with a series of strikes. Chai will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chai looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Abdelrahman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Chai misses with a looping right.
Abdelrahman moves away from the strike by Chai.
Chai scores with a nice right hand.
Abdelrahman throws a lazy uppercut
and Chai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abdelrahman misses with a leg kick
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Abdelrahman lands with a right hand.
Abdelrahman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chai is out of range.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abdelrahman throws a solid leg kick but Chai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Abdelrahman.
Chai dips to his left and cracks Abdelrahman with an uppercut!
Chai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shahzad Abdelrahman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdelrahman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chai.
Abdelrahman misses the jab.
Chai's corner calls for a 1-2. Chai obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Abdelrahman defending well as Chai loads up on a big left hand.
Chai scores with a jab.
Abdelrahman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Chai blocks the leg kick.
Chai throws an off balance right hand
and Abdelrahman counters with a nice uppercut.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Abdelrahman moved out of range.
Elbow Zombie Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Abdelrahman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chai throws a hook but Abdelrahman avoids it easily.
Chai misses with an uppercut
letting Abdelrahman counter with a right hand.
Abdelrahman takes one on the button.
Chai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abdelrahman.
Chai lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abdelrahman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdelrahman lands a leg kick that knocks Chai off balance momentarily.
Abdelrahman throws a chopping leg kick but Chai manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chai lands with a right hand.
A big right from Chai misses.
Chai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abdelrahman throws out the jab.
Chai lands with a hook. Abdelrahman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chai looks to score with a jab to the body but Abdelrahman is just out of range.
Chai checks the leg kick nicely there.
Abdelrahman misses with a low kick.
Chai punishes Abdelrahman's body with a nice straight punch.
Abdelrahman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chai looks to land a combination. Abdelrahman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abdelrahman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abdelrahman! But no joy.
Abdelrahman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chai circles away quickly and effectively.
Abdelrahman throws a jab but it's blocked by Chai.
Elbow Zombie Chai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Abdelrahman needs to keep his hands up - Chai had a free shot at his head there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elbow Zombie Chai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chai 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elbow Zombie Chai!
Elbow Zombie Chai seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hog Molly (ranked 1190 p4p, 5253 weight class) and Jackie Chung (ranked 71 p4p, 149 weight class). Chung has chosen Activated (BMX Escape Remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jackie Chung has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hog Molly's chin.
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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 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Hog Molly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackie Chung!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chung throws a body kick that misses.
Molly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chung misses with a hook to the body
and Molly counters with a straight right hand.
Chung misses with the body kick
and Chung takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chung misses with a straight right.
Molly has Chung up against the cage in a clinch.
Molly has a couple of punches blocked by Chung.
Molly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molly misses with the head strike.
Chung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Molly gets through Chung's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Molly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Molly keeps control of Chung as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Molly has a couple of punches blocked by Chung.
Molly swings wildly with an uppercut but Chung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chung taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for Molly.
Molly misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
I was talking to Molly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Molly.
Chung looks winded!
Molly lands a right hand.
Molly lands an uppercut.
Molly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chung backwards.
Molly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chung backwards.
Chung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Molly.
Molly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Molly lands with a light punch inside.
Molly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chung looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Molly on the inside.
Molly blocks a body shot from Chung.
Molly lands a nice uppercut.
Molly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Molly avoids a wild elbow strike from Chung.
Molly lands a hook that snaps the head of Chung backwards.
Molly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Molly.
Molly lands an uppercut.
Molly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Molly lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Molly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chungs head.
Molly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Molly scores with a shoulder strike.
Molly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chung is rocked!
Molly creates a bit of distance and cracks Chung with a big uppercut! Chung goes down! The referee pushes Molly away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Chung make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Molly takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hog Molly!
A victorious Hog Molly thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand Jr (ranked 4741 p4p, 4654 weight class) and Alexander Vij (ranked 438 p4p, 435 weight class). Durand Jr kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Birdman & Lil Wayne - Stuntin' Like My Daddy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Vij!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vij thumps Durand Jr with a low kick.
Vij throws a body shot but no joy.
Durand Jr digs a good body shot into Vij's ribs.
Vij looks to score with a jab to the body but Durand Jr is just out of range.
Durand Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vij swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Durand Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vij thinks about the counter body kick.
The fighters circling - Durand Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vij staying out of range there.
A low kick from Vij misses
and Durand Jr counters with a body kick.
Vij feints and then cracks Durand Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Durand Jr down.
Vij throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Durand Jr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vij scoring well with a low kick there.
Durand Jr throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Durand Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vij.
Durand Jr wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vij.
Durand Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Durand Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vij's sensitive parts.
Durand Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Vij swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durand Jr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Durand Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Vij.
Durand Jr is looking to counter with a body kick.
Vij gets a clinch.
Durand Jr lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Alexander Vij has been cut.
Durand Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vij looks to score with a jab to the body but Durand Jr is just out of range.
Vij moves into the clinch.
Vij tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durand Jr with a knee to the head.
Durand Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vij has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vij has a couple of punches blocked by Durand Jr.
Durand Jr landing knees to the head.
Durand Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vij lands a nice looking kick to the body. Durand Jr takes a step back to recover.
Vij throws out a loose jab but Durand Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durand Jr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Vij fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Durand Jr checks it well.
Durand Jr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Vij.
Durand Jr is looking for a counter combo.
Durand Jr misses with a body kick.
Vij scores with a body shot.
Durand Jr thumps Vij with a low kick.
Durand Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vij is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Durand Jr rather than just go for the knockout.
A telegraphed right hand from Durand Jr misses the target.
Vij uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durand Jr.
A big right from Durand Jr misses.
Vij appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Durand Jr throws a body kick that misses.
Durand Jr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vij looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vij pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacques Durand Jr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Vij's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab by Vij.
Durand Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Vij tries to clinch but Durand Jr moves out of range.
Durand Jr connects with a high kick.
Durand Jr gets tackled into the cage by Vij. Vij maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Durand Jr - that landed with a thud.
Durand Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Vij avoids the damage to the body.
Vij avoids a wild elbow strike from Durand Jr.
With the fighters up against the cage, Durand Jr throws an elbow but misses.
Vij misses with a punch on the inside.
Durand Jr lands a nice elbow.
Durand Jr scores with a knee to the head.
Vij makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vij throws a head punch that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vij crunches a lovely knee into Durand Jr's ribcage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Durand Jr.
Durand Jr stalling in the clinch but Vij improves position.
Durand Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vij has a couple of punches blocked by Durand Jr.
Durand Jr misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vij - that landed with a thud.
Jacques Durand Jr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vij misses with a knee strike.
Durand Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Durand Jr misses with a body punch.
Durand Jr lands a shot to the body.
Vij lands with a left to the head.
Vij blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vij prevents a body shot from Durand Jr.
A hook to the body from Durand Jr.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durand Jr.
Vij with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vij.
Durand Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Durand Jr lands an elbow inside that Vij shrugs off.
Durand Jr manages to break the clinch.
Vij takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Durand Jr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vij. Vij obviously looking to wear him down.
Vij checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand Jr takes one to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vij avoids a kick to the body.
Vij tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durand Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Vij.
A low kick lands for Durand Jr.
Durand Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vij.
Durand Jr lands a jab.
The crowd cheers as Vij lands an impressive looking overhand right. Durand Jr doesn't seem phased though.
Vij tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Durand Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A nice leg kick from Vij, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vij tries to land a front kick but Durand Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vij misses with a leg kick
and Durand Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
Durand Jr checks a low kick from Vij.
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 Jacques Durand Jr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Vij's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Durand Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Durand Jr throws a head kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vij.
A cross from Durand Jr lands.
Vij missing with a left hand there. Durand Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good standup being displayed there by Durand Jr as he connects with a hook.
Durand Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vij wants to clinch but Durand Jr slips to the side
and Durand Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
Vij throws a looping overhand right but Durand Jr ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand Jr blocks a leg kick.
Vij throws a hook but Durand Jr blocks it.
Vij misses with a right hand
and Vij takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vij wants to clinch up but Durand Jr keeps it at a distance.
Durand Jr slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durand Jr. Vij does a little dance to reset his feet.
Durand Jr throws a low kick, looking for Vij's leg but Vij calmly moves out of range.
Vij lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vij tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Durand Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Durand Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vij fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Durand Jr.
Durand Jr shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vij walks forward, straight into a front kick from Durand Jr.
Vij moves out of range of the body kick.
Durand Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Durand Jr misses with a low kick.
Durand Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vij.
Vij misses with a body shot.
Jacques Durand Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Durand Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Durand Jr is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand Jr misses with an uppercut
and Vij counters with a nice body kick.
Durand Jr walks into a stiff left hand from Vij.
Durand Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Durand Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vij closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
Durand Jr throws a looping overhand right but Vij ducks down to avoid it.
Vij throws a lazy right hand but Durand Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Durand Jr motions for Vij to come forward. Durand Jr throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vij avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vij throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vij shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vij misses with a hook. Durand Jr ducked under it nicely.
Durand Jr lands with a good body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand Jr clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Vij's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vij throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Durand Jr counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Durand Jr.
Vij scores a nice knee to the body.
Vij misses with a punch on the inside.
Durand Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vij.
Vij crunches a lovely knee into Durand Jr's ribcage.
Durand Jr is trying to stall.
Vij tries to land knees in the clinch but Durand Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Vij misses with a hook from the clinch.
Durand Jr content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vij utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Durand Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand Jr misses with an elbow strike.
Durand Jr lands a nice elbow.
Vij blocks the elbow strike.
Durand Jr breaks the clinch.
Vij shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vij throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Durand Jr looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vij jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut there from Vij.
Vij throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vij swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Durand Jr counter with a right hand.
Vij connects with a good right hand that stumbles Durand Jr. Durand Jr circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Durand Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vij.
Durand Jr ducks under a wild hook from Vij.
Vij tries to clinch there but Durand Jr circles away.
Vij takes a swing at Durand Jr's ribcage but misses.
Vij misses with a right hand
and Durand Jr counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vij's knee momentarily.
Durand Jr checks a low kick from Vij.
A big left from Vij misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Durand Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vij. Vij circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Durand Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Vij swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vij takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vij tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Durand Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Durand Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durand Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vij moves away.
Jab from Durand Jr.
A big left from Vij misses.
Vij throws an off balance right hand
and Durand Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Durand Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Durand Jr misses with a hook.
Durand Jr scores with a kick to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand Jr had his way with Alexander Vij in that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Vij's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Vij sizes up Durand Jr with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Durand Jr swings widly with a right hand
and Vij counters with a leg kick.
Durand Jr lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Vij misses.
Durand Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Durand Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Vij.
Vij turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vij pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vij swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vij throws a lazy right hand but Durand Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alexander Vij has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vij misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vij waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durand Jr.
Durand Jr is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Durand Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Durand Jr.
Durand Jr cracks Vij with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Durand Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vij lands with a hook. Durand Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vij swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vij throws a poor cross that misses
and Durand Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Vij lands a glancing blow to the side of Durand Jr's head.
Durand Jr has managed to clinch.
Durand Jr blocking some punches.
Durand Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vij avoids it.
Durand Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durand Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vij missing with knees to the body.
Durand Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vij's defenses.
Vij blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vij throws a head punch that misses.
Durand Jr misses with some punches.
Vij lands with a short shot to the head.
Durand Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durand Jr throws out a powerful jab.
Vij circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jacques Durand Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vij throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Durand Jr throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vij rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Durand Jr counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Durand Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vij doesn't seem bothered though.
Durand Jr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vij fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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 Jacques Durand Jr.
Well Durand Jr 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Durand Jr!
Jacques Durand Jr retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Jacques Durand Jr thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nero Vogels (ranked 23646 p4p, 120 weight class) and Herbert Kreischer (ranked 169 p4p, 18 weight class). Kreischer has chosen Bert Learns To Hip-Hop Dance To Post Malone as his entrance music. Herbert Kreischer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nero Vogels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herbert Kreischer!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kreischer pushes Vogels up against the cage in a clinch.
Kreischer misses with a knee strike.
Vogels throws a head punch that misses.
Vogels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vogels takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vogels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kreischer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
 It looks like Nero Vogels has been cut.
Kreischer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vogels backwards.
Vogels tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kreischer's elbow.
Vogels looking to throw knees to the head but Kreischer is blocking nicely.
Vogels lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vogels misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Vogels.
It looks like Herbert Kreischer has been cut.
A left hand lands to the body for Kreischer.
A body shot lands from Kreischer.
Vogels is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kreischer is keeping busy.
Kreischer lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kreischer dodges an elbow strike from Vogels.
Kreischer gets through Vogels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kreischer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vogels backwards.
Vogels throws a punch but it's blocked by Kreischer.
Kreischer scores with a knee to the head.
Kreischer crunches a lovely knee into Vogels's ribcage.
Vogels is breathing heavily.
Vogels's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vogels is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreischer creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Vogels off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Vogels is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Kreischer is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Herbert Kreischer!
Herbert Kreischer is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Herbert Kreischer thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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