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STRIKE! 48 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kova Luu (ranked 1587 p4p, 21556 weight class) and Peetu Tam (ranked 48 p4p, 182 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kova Luu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peetu Tam!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luu moves out of range as Tam throws a body kick.
Luu connects with a leg kick.
Luu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luu closes the distance and clinches.
Luu lands an elbow just above Tam 's eye.
 It looks like Peetu Tam has been cut.
Luu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tam lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tam looks winded!
A knee to the head by Luu.
A right handed body shot lands from Luu.
Luu lands an elbow inside that Tam shrugs off.
Luu has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Tam to the canvas! Can Tam 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 going to allow it to continue!
 Tam is rocked!
The cut above Peetu Tam's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tam takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Luu connects with a leg kick.
Luu looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Luu backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Tam's temple! It sends Tam violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Luu celebrates and the doctors try to help Tam!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Kova Luu!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between The Devils Outlaw Ii (ranked 23881 p4p, 2955 weight class) and Luke Mad Onion (ranked 153 p4p, 120 weight class). Outlaw Ii kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is For The Outlawz by Moonshine Bandits. The Devils Outlaw Ii has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Devils Outlaw Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 56 - 43 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Mad Onion!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Outlaw Ii has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Outlaw Ii there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mad Onion walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Outlaw Ii rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Mad Onion has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
It looks like Luke Mad Onion has been cut.
Outlaw Ii wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mad Onion pushes Outlaw Ii away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Outlaw Ii ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Mad Onion out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). The Devils Outlaw Ii!
A very excited looking The Devils Outlaw Ii made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 4151 p4p, 4590 weight class) and Kenjiro Tokugawa (ranked 332 p4p, 377 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Schmedgar Dimms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenjiro Tokugawa!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokugawa throws a leg kick
and Dimms counters with a stiff right hand.
Dimms scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A jab from Tokugawa misses.
Dimms blocks the body kick.
Kenjiro Tokugawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tokugawa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Dimms wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimms throws a sloppy head kick and Tokugawa moves out of range easily.
Tokugawa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tokugawa clinches up with Dimms and pushes him back against the cage.
Dimms breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dimms scores with a kick to the body.
Dimms tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tokugawa was well out of range. Poor timing from Dimms.
A nice combination there by Dimms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimms displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tokugawa throws out the jab.
Dimms throws a head kick that misses.
Dimms keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa tried to score with a low kick but Dimms checks it.
Tokugawa blocks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Dimms blocks the leg kick.
Tokugawa instigates a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tokugawa has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dimms breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dimms tries a head kick but it misses.
Tokugawa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dimms on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tokugawa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tokugawa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dimms counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tokugawa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tokugawa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dimms fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tokugawa.
Tokugawa throws a lazy uppercut
letting Dimms counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tokugawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from Dimms misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimms misses with the combination.
Dimms misses with an uppercut.
Tokugawa scoring well with a low kick there.
Tokugawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dimms darts in and clinches Tokugawa up against the cage.
Tokugawa misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa working aggressively here.
Tokugawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dimms is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tokugawa.
Dimms rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tokugawa counters with a body kick that stops Dimms in his tracks momentarily.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dimms paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dimms pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokugawa rushes Dimms and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
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 Schmedgar Dimms will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tokugawa scores with a head kick. Dimms tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tokugawa looks to throw the jab but Dimms is out of range.
Dimms scores with a nice head shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tokugawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dimms's elbow.
Tokugawa misses with the head strike.
Dimms is trying to force a seperation but Tokugawa has the dominant position.
Dimms escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dimms. Tokugawa does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dimms is out of range.
Tokugawa misses with a leg kick.
Dimms lands a nice looking body shot.
Dimms misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tokugawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Schmedgar Dimms is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice straight punches there by Dimms. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dimms.
Dimms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tokugawa can do to turn this around?
Tokugawa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dimms. That did some damage!
Tokugawa misses with a low kick.
Dimms takes a swing at Tokugawa's ribcage but misses.
Tokugawa only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tokugawa throws a big shot that misses.
Dimms throws a big counter combination but Tokugawa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dimms takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dimms misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tokugawa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tokugawa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tokugawa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dimms.
Tokugawa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A low kick from Tokugawa is predictable there
and Dimms counters with a nice body shot.
A punch combination from Tokugawa misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tokugawa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dimms avoids the body shot from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimms.
Tokugawa tries a low kick but Dimms avoids it.
Tokugawa throws a body punch but Dimms moves out of range.
Tokugawa throws a low kick but Dimms moves out of range easily.
Dimms tries to clinch up.
Tokugawa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tokugawa takes a swing at Dimms's ribcage but misses.
Dimms is looking to counter with head kicks.
Good exchange - Dimms coming out on top.
Tokugawa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dimms goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tokugawa. Dimms does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Dimms, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Schmedgar Dimms dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tokugawa with a nice calf kick.
Kenjiro Tokugawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tokugawa throws a leg kick
and Dimms counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tokugawa throws a wild body kick that Dimms sees coming a mile off.
Tokugawa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tokugawa lands a jab to the nose.
Dimms fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And Tokugawa responds with a good body kick, but Dimms manages to step out the way in time.
Tokugawa connects with an inside leg kick.
No joy there for Dimms, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tokugawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dimms throws a right hand that Tokugawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Tokugawa also avoids with ease.
Tokugawa ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
Dimms plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Dimms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dimms throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dimms to score with a decent uppercut.
Tokugawa misses with a low kick as Dimms jumps back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dimms.
Tokugawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dimms was well out of range. Poor timing from Tokugawa.
Dimms looks to land a combination but Tokugawa avoids it well.
Good leg kick by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dimms fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tokugawa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dimms is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tokugawa lands a right hook to the body.
Tokugawa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tokugawa 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 Dimms has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dimms and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick from Tokugawa is predictable there
and Dimms counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dimms uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tokugawa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tokugawa wants to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Dimms tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dimms rushes Tokugawa and presses him up against the cage.
Dimms breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
It looks like Dimms has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Dimms swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Dimms.
A head kick misses from Dimms.
Tokugawa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tokugawa feints and then cracks Dimms's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dimms down.
Schmedgar Dimms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dimms misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tokugawa raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Schmedgar Dimms showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dimms, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Schmedgar Dimms!
A relieved looking Schmedgar Dimms thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Antwan Tran (ranked 1425 p4p, 2369 weight class) and Zdravko Dren Jr (ranked 75 p4p, 78 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antwan Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zdravko Dren Jr!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Dren Jr misses.
Dren Jr tries to clinch up but Tran circles away and keeps his distance.
Dren Jr connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Dren Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Dren Jr lands with an overhand left.
Tran avoids the head kick by Dren Jr.
Dren Jr scores with a head kick.
 It looks like Antwan Tran has been cut.
Tran lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Zdravko Dren Jr has been cut.
Zdravko Dren Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Tran misses.
Dren Jr is trying to counter with his kicks.
Dren Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tran.
Dren Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tran manages to break the clinch.
Tran throws a jab when Dren Jr was well out of range.
Dren Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tran throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dren Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dren Jr takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dren Jr throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tran's head.
Tran has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dren Jr cracks a nice hook into Tran's ribs.
Dren Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Dren Jr staying out of range there.
Despite the aggression on Dren Jr's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dren Jr lands a jab.
Tran takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tran misses the shot to the body.
Tran takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Tran misses.
Dren Jr with a hook.
Antwan Tran's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran works Dren Jr's body with a nice hook.
Dren Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dren Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dren Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dren Jr thuds a left hand into Tran's body.
Tran throws an overhand right that lands on Dren Jr's shoulder, as Dren Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Dren Jr moves out of range as Tran strikes.
Dren Jr lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dren Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tran. Tran circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dren Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Tran off the cage and back into range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zdravko Dren Jr dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Dren Jr engages and cracks Tran with a massive lead left hook - Tran tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Dren Jr is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zdravko Dren Jr!
After winning the bout, Zdravko Dren Jr 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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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Petchongboo Sitsongrit (ranked 4205 p4p, 20816 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 315 p4p, 368 weight class). Petchongboo Sitsongrit is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petchongboo Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 40 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adesanya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adesanya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adesanya wants to clinch
and Sitsongrit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Adesanya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adesanya stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sitsongrit.
The crowd cheers as Sitsongrit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adesanya doesn't seem phased though.
Sitsongrit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya misses with a head kick.
Sitsongrit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Adesanya tries a low kick but Sitsongrit avoids it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sitsongrit - that will leave a mark!
Adesanya throws a nice looking combination but Sitsongrit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Adesanya.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adesanya was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Adesanya moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sitsongrit keeps the fight on the outside.
Sitsongrit thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sitsongrit throws a jab when Adesanya was well out of range.
Despite the aggression on Adesanya's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sitsongrit keeps the fight on the outside.
Petchongboo Sitsongrit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adesanya doesn't manage to clinch there - Sitsongrit circles away.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that misses
and Adesanya counters with a left and a right that stings Sitsongrit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Sitsongrit moves away
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Carlton Adesanya has been cut.
Adesanya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitsongrit 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.
A close round but Carlton Adesanya will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlton Adesanya's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Adesanya saw that one coming.
Sitsongrit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice cross by Sitsongrit.
Adesanya moves into the clinch.
Sitsongrit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adesanyas head.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adesanya fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit lands a head shot.
Sitsongrit cracks Adesanya with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Adesanya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carlton Adesanya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sitsongrit missing with a left hand there. Adesanya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adesanya moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Sitsongrit.
Crunch! Sitsongrit slams his shin into Adesanya's torso.
Adesanya misses with the combination.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Sitsongrit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adesanya moves in looking to clinch but Sitsongrit pushes him off.
Adesanya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adesanya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Adesanya there as he acknowledges the shot.
Adesanya is rocked!
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!
Sitsongrit circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sitsongrit counters with a right hand that wobbles Adesanya! He's out on his feet! Sitsongrit follows up with a left hook and a final right hand that knocks Adesanya out cold! No need for a referee count here - this fight is all over! Sitsongrit jumps onto the cage to celebrate with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Petchongboo Sitsongrit!
A relieved looking Petchongboo Sitsongrit thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jackie Chung (ranked 24627 p4p, 21517 weight class) and Henri De Lagardere (ranked 144 p4p, 165 weight class). Chung's entrance music is Activated (BMX Escape Remix). A fine choice. 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackie Chung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chung tries to score with a low kick but De Lagardere moves his leg out of the way.
De Lagardere looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Chung misses its intended target.
De Lagardere gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chung misses with a looping right.
De Lagardere doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chung misses with a left hand
and De Lagardere connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chung throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Chung rushes De Lagardere and presses him up against the cage.
Chung lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Lagardere wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chung definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Chung pressing his opponent against the cage.
De Lagardere tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chung avoiding damage.
Chung prevents a body shot from De Lagardere.
Chung pushes De Lagardere back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Lagardere throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chung lands a shot to the body.
De Lagardere looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Lagardere lands a knee to the body.
Chung throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chung avoiding damage as De Lagardere throws knees to the body.
Chung lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Chung lands a damaging elbow.
Chung leaning against his opponent.
Chung keeps control of De Lagardere as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chung working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chung lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Lagardere is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Chung.
Chung lands a nice shot to the body.
Chung lands with a light punch inside.
De Lagardere has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chung seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if De Lagardere can turn it around.
Chung pushes De Lagardere against the cage and as he bounces back off them, cracks him with a big elbow that drops him to the mat! You don't see that very often! Will he manage to get back to his feet? 3,4,5,6 is the count... and he's up! He seems OK; probably just in shock that he was dropped by an elbow that he obviously didn't see coming.
De Lagardere is rocked!
That has opened up Henri De Lagardere's cut even more.
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!
Chung looks to land a left hand but De Lagardere moved out of range nicely.
Chung throws the kick towards the body but De Lagardere avoids it.
Chung misses with a hook.
Chung gets a clinch.
Chung pushes De Lagardere against the cage and as he bounces back off them, cracks him with a big elbow that drops him to the mat! You don't see that very often! Will he manage to get back to his feet? 3,4,5,6 is the count... and he's up! He seems OK; probably just in shock that he was dropped by an elbow that he obviously didn't see coming.
De Lagardere is still on wobbly legs! Can Chung finish him?
The cut above Henri De Lagardere's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jackie Chung!
A very excited looking Jackie Chung made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Roko Matijevic (ranked 2053 p4p, 23777 weight class) and Elbow Zombie Chai (ranked 194 p4p, 411 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 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 18 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roko Matijevic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Elbow Zombie Chai!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai walks into a left hand.
Matijevic slips a straight right by Chai.
We've been told by Matijevic's head coaches at Kaptajnernes Træningscenter that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Matijevic cracks Chai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chai throws a looping overhand right but Matijevic ducks down to avoid it.
Chai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Matijevic with a jab.
A big right from Matijevic misses.
Matijevic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matijevic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
Chai misses with a looping right.
Chai scores with a nice right hand.
Chai missing with a left hand there. Matijevic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chai misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai throws the left hand but Matijevic avoids the punch easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Chai checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chai throws the left hand but Matijevic avoids the punch easily.
Matijevic slips a jab from Chai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matijevic 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 Chai has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chai and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Matijevic.
Matijevic clinches with his opponent.
Matijevic lands with a right to the head.
Matijevic throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
Chai told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Matijevic has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
Matijevic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
Matijevic throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matijevic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matijevic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Matijevic blocks an elbow strike.
Matijevic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Matijevic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Matijevic has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Matijevic takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matijevic struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Matijevic tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Matijevic back against the cage.
Matijevic can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Matijevic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matijevic throws a sloppy head kick and Chai moves out of range easily.
Chai misses with a looping left.
Chai misses with a straight right.
Chai misses with a hook.
Matijevic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Matijevic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matijevic throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Chai might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chai throws a body punch but Matijevic moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Chai. Beautiful body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roko Matijevic 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.
Matijevic misses with a wild body shot.
Matijevic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chai throws out the jab.
Matijevic misses with a left hand
and Chai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matijevic slips a jab from Chai.
Matijevic tries to counter by clinching up but Chai breaks away and moves out of range.
Matijevic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chai misses with a head kick.
Matijevic blocks a jab.
Matijevic throws a leg kick that misses.
Matijevic thows a leg kick but Chai checks it
and Chai counters with a stiff right hand.
Matijevic throws a shot from downtown. Chai moves away and avoids it.
Chai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matijevic throws the left hand but Chai avoids the punch easily.
Chai throws a hook but Matijevic blocks it.
Matijevic throws a head kick that half lands.
Matijevic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Matijevic throws the left hand but Chai avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chai throws a leg kick but Matijevic checks it.
Matijevic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chai.
Matijevic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Elbow Zombie Chai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matijevic tries to clinch but Chai moves away
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Chai misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Matijevic misses.
Chai keeps the fight on the outside.
Matijevic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matijevic fires out a quick counter leg kick but Chai just manages to avoid it.
Chai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matijevic.
Matijevic darts in and clinches Chai up against the cage.
Matijevic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Matijevic blocks a body shot from Chai.
Chai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matijevic misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Matijevic.
Roko Matijevic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Matijevic tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matijevic backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matijevic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matijevic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matijevic tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Matijevic back against the cage.
Matijevic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Matijevic.
Matijevic struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Matijevic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chai scores with a hook to the body.
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 Roko Matijevic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Matijevic lands a really nice looking cross but Chai seems unphased.
Matijevic ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Chai misses with a wild body shot.
Chai takes a swing at Matijevic's ribcage but misses.
Chai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matijevic.
Chai throws a jab when Matijevic was well out of range.
Matijevic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Matijevic looks to land a left hand but Chai moved out of range nicely.
Chai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matijevic.
Matijevic throws a looping overhand right but Chai ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Chai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Matijevic throws a lazy uppercut
and Chai counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai throws the left hand but Matijevic avoids the punch easily.
Matijevic throws a sloppy head kick and Chai moves out of range easily.
Chai throws an off balance right hand
and Matijevic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chai misses with a lunging right hand
and Matijevic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Elbow Zombie Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matijevic scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matijevic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chai misses with a two punch combination.
Chai circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Chai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Matijevic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matijevic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Chai avoids it.
Chai looks to throw the jab but Matijevic is out of range.
Matijevic slips a straight right by Chai.
Chai misses with an uppercut. Matijevic saw that one coming.
Matijevic throws a front kick aimed at Chai's knee but Chai avoids it well.
Chai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Matijevic closes the distance and pushes Chai back into the cage.
Chai lands a nice elbow.
Matijevic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matijevic takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matijevic.
A short uppercut from Matijevic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matijevic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matijevic's elbow.
Chai breaks the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chai.
Matijevic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chai.
Chai missing with a left hand there. Matijevic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Matijevic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Matijevic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Matijevic ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Matijevic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matijevic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matijevic ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Matijevic tried to counter with a leg kick but Chai avoided it.
Matijevic misses with a hook. Chai ducked under it nicely.
Chai throws a one two combo.
Chai moves out of range of the leg kick from Matijevic.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elbow Zombie Chai really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Chai lands a jab-cross combination.
Matijevic wants to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Chai blocks the leg kick.
Chai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Matijevic misses with a looping right.
Matijevic tries to work over Chai's front leg with a kick but Chai checks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Chai misses.
Matijevic wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Chai scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Matijevic doesn't seem bothered though.
Matijevic moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matijevic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matijevic misses with the head strike.
Matijevic misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Matijevic.
Matijevic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chai with a knee to the head.
Matijevic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chai lands a good knee to the midsection. Matijevic won't want to take too many of those.
Chai throws an elbow but it misses.
Chai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Matijevic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Matijevic misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Matijevic.
Chai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chai manages to break the clinch.
Chai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matijevic counters with a solid body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Matijevic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matijevic closes the distance but Chai moves to the side
and Chai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matijevic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chai digs a good body shot into Matijevic's ribs.
Chai checks a low kick from Matijevic.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matijevic moves away from the strike by Chai.
Jab by Chai.
Chai connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Matijevic misses.
Chai doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matijevic.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elbow Zombie Chai dominated that fourth 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!
Chai swats away the attempt to clinch by Matijevic.
Chai misses the shot to the body.
Chai throws out a loose jab but Matijevic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matijevic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matijevic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matijevic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matijevic is looking to chop away at Chai's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Chai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matijevic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chai throws an overhand right that lands on Matijevic's shoulder, as Matijevic tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot lands for Matijevic.
A low kick from Matijevic is predictable there
and Chai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Chai misses.
Matijevic lands with a slapping head kick.
Matijevic lands a nice looking body shot.
Matijevic moves away from the strike by Chai.
Chai throws a big shot that misses.
Chai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matijevic moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Chai. Those never looked like landing.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Chai throws a hook but Matijevic blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Chai misses the target.
Matijevic throwing a counter right hand but Chai manages to avoid it.
Matijevic tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matijevic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chai scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai just misses with a punch to the body.
Chai misses the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chai checks a leg kick.
Matijevic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matijevic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chai.
Chai takes a swing at Matijevic's ribcage but misses.
Matijevic misses the shot to the body.
Chai unleashes a big counter combination but Matijevic bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Matijevic.
Chai throws a hook but Matijevic avoids it easily.
Chai misses with a two punch combination.
Chai throws a looping overhand right but Matijevic ducks down to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elbow Zombie Chai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 47:48
Judge Josh West scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elbow Zombie Chai!
Elbow Zombie Chai is the new lightweight champion!
Elbow Zombie Chai 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 heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hans Schultz (ranked 3345 p4p, 3669 weight class) and Boban Turnik (ranked 383 p4p, 405 weight class). Schultz's entrance music is Love Bites. A fine choice. Boban Turnik told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hans Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boban Turnik!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultz wants to clinch but Turnik slips to the side
and Turnik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Hans Schultz has been cut.
Turnik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schultz.
Schultz is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Schultz moves out of range as Turnik throws a body kick.
Turnik misses with a lunging right hand
and Schultz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Boban Turnik has been cut.
Turnik throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Schultz misses its target.
Turnik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schultz dodges the punch combination from Turnik.
Turnik lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz misses with a straight left.
Schultz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schultz moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Schultz has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Turnik pushes Schultz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Turnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schultz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turnik avoids it.
Turnik is trying to break the clinch but Schultz has him pressed against the cage.
Turnik working aggressively here.
Turnik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turnik throws a sloppy body shot
and Schultz counters with a straight right hand.
Schultz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turnik unleashes a big counter combination but Schultz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Turnik misses with an uppercut. Schultz saw that one coming.
Schultz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Schultz throws an overhand right that lands on Turnik's shoulder, as Turnik tries to avoid the shot.
Schultz misses with a looping right.
Turnik throws a fast counter high kick but Schultz manages to duck under it in time.
Turnik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schultz.
A low kick from Turnik is predictable there
and Schultz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turnik swings widly with a right hand
and Schultz counters with a stiff right hand.
Turnik lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schultz misses with a lunging right hand
and Turnik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turnik pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schultz is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Turnik.
Turnik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schultz.
Turnik lands a head shot.
Turnik jabs Schultz right on the nose. Schultz blinks but takes it well.
Schultz with a hook.
Turnik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turnik throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Schultz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That has opened up Boban Turnik's cut even more.
Schultz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schultz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turnik throws out a loose jab but Schultz uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Boban Turnik will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice jab there from Schultz.
Schultz scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Turnik to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Schultz away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Turnik 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?!
Boban Turnik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schultz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Turnik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turnik walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Turnik is rocked!
The cut above Boban Turnik's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schultz loads up on a big right hand but Turnik slips the punch.
Turnik closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turnik is still on wobbly legs! Can Schultz finish him?
A big right from Schultz misses.
Turnik seems to have recovered his senses.
Turnik misses with an uppercut
and Schultz counters with a straight right that drops Turnik to the canvas! Will Turnik beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hans Schultz!
Hans Schultz tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nikolai Magomedov (ranked 21542 p4p, 23653 weight class) and Nero Vogels (ranked 546 p4p, 542 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 38 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikolai Magomedov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nero Vogels!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomedov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Nero Vogels has been cut.
Magomedov cracks Vogels with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Vogels 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 Vogels is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Magomedov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vogels was well out of range. Poor timing from Magomedov.
Vogels looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Vogels throws a big shot that misses.
Vogels misses with a straight left.
Magomedov cracks Vogels with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Vogels 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 Vogels is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vogels moves away from the strike by Magomedov.
Magomedov cracks Vogels with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Vogels 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 Vogels is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Vogels could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nikolai Magomedov!
Nikolai Magomedov retains his heavyweight title!
Nikolai Magomedov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenny Smith (ranked 2027 p4p, 3226 weight class) and Roberto Congo (ranked 231 p4p, 345 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, IS THIS LOVE. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Roberto Congo!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roberto Congo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Congo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Congo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Congo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Congo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Congo moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Smith has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Congo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Congo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Congo checks a low kick from Smith.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
A big right from Smith misses.
Congo throws out a counter right but Smith avoids it with no problem.
Congo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Congo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith cracks Congo with an open hand slap.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Congo moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Congo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Congo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Smith throws a low kick but Congo avoids it.
Smith connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith motions for Congo to come forward. Smith throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Smith misses.
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Smith moves out of range as Congo strikes.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Congo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Congo misses with a straight left.
Congo keeps Smith at a distance using the push kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to move into range but Congo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Kenny Smith has been cut.
Congo cracks Smith with a good jab.
Congo blocks a low kick nicely.
Congo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Smith scores with a hook.
Congo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Congo punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Congo works the jab nicely.
Smith thuds a left hand into Congo's body.
Congo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Smith slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Smith moves away from the strike by Congo.
Smith looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Congo misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith slips a straight right by Congo.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Congo misses with a straight left.
Smith staying out of range there.
Congo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
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 Kenny Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
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.
Congo avoids the body shot from Smith.
Kenny Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Congo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith half committed to a counter leg kick.
Congo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Congo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Congo.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Congo looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Congo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Congo misses the shot to the body.
Congo misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Congo slips under a jab.
Smith connects with a jab.
Congo misses with an uppercut.
Smith appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Congo misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith moves out of range as Congo strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smith 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 Congo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Congo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Congo moves away and avoids it.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Congo throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Congo.
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Congo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Smith throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Congo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Congo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Congo checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Congo's front leg but catches the back leg as Congo tries to avoid it.
Congo takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Smith moves out of range as Congo strikes.
Congo misses with a jab to the body
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Congo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Donk. Smith catches Congo right on the button with a cross.
Congo checks a leg kick.
Good exchange - Congo coming out on top.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Congo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Congo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Congo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Congo throws a shot to the body.
Congo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
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 Kenny Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Congo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Congo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Congo scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Congo just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Congo. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Smith.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Congo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Congo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Congo looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith scores with a jab. Congo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Congo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Congo.
Congo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Congo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Congo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Congo throws out a counter right but Smith avoids it with no problem.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Congo slips a jab from Smith.
Congo throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Congo is just out of range.
Congo jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice shot by Smith.
Congo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Congo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
A looping hook to the body misses from Congo. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Congo throws a leg kick
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith avoids the body shot from Congo.
Congo throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Congo throws out the jab.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Congo moved out of range.
Congo takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Congo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith lunges at Congo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Congo's hand.
Congo takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fighters circling - Congo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Congo connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back.
Congo looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Congo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith tried to counter with a leg kick but Congo avoided it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Congo really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Congo throws a shot to the body.
Congo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Congo misses the jab.
Smith throws a leg kick but Congo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Congo.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Congo.
Smith throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Congo blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Congo throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith avoids the body shot from Congo.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
Congo misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a nice low kick that buckles Congo's knee momentarily.
A shot to the body from Congo misses
and Smith counters with an outside leg kick.
Congo misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Congo thinking.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Congo ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Congo throws a poor cross that misses
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Congo misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Congo scores with a spinning back kick!
Congo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Congo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Smith finds it's way round the side to connect with Congo's head.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Congo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Congo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Congo there.
Smith lands the left hand.
Congo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Congo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smith rather than just go for the knockout.
Congo jabs at Smith's body.
Congo throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Congo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Congo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Congo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roberto Congo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith is looking to slow Congo down with leg kicks.
Congo misses with a straight left.
Congo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Congo throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Congo missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Congo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Congo.
Congo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Smith throws a hook but Congo blocks it.
Congo lands with a shot to the body.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Congo's shoulder, as Congo tries to avoid the shot.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Congo was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Roberto Congo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Congo throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith avoids the body shot from Congo.
Congo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with an outside leg kick.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Congo ducks down to avoid it.
Congo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith cracks Congo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Congo misses the body punch
and Smith counters with a thumping low kick.
Smith throws the left hand but Congo avoids the punch easily.
Congo looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Congo throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Congo throws a body kick that misses.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Congo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Congo.
Congo misses with a looping right.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith throws out a leg kick but Congo moves out of range and Smith only half commits.
Jab by Smith.
Congo drops his hands momentarily and Smith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Congo misses with a kick to the body
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Congo.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Congo misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Congo throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith connects with a leg kick.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith throws a quick counter head kick but Congo was just out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Congo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Congo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Congo throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Smith 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.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Smith throws a hook but Congo avoids it easily.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Congo.
Smith lands with a hook. Congo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Congo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Congo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith scores with a hook.
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith 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 Josh West scores the fight 48:47
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 46:49
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Roberto Congo!
Roberto Congo is the new middleweight champion!
After the fight, Roberto Congo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Kenny Smith was interviewed post fight and said 'You bastard! You killed Kenny!'.
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pop
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