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Summit Series 2 - KT Round 4B PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jermaine Pearson (ranked 4447 p4p, 4368 weight class) and Butch Wang (ranked 361 p4p, 355 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jermaine Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butch Wang!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wang jabs Pearson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pearson wants to clinch up but Wang keeps it at a distance.
Pearson takes one on the button.
Pearson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wang connects with a body shot that sends Pearson's belly button to the back.
Pearson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pearson walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Butch Wang!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darden Kane (ranked 4715 p4p, 4631 weight class) and Barry Chikorita (ranked 384 p4p, 378 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Darden Kane has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Darden Kane 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darden Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barry Chikorita!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Kane tries to break free but Chikorita pushes him back against the ropes.
Kane tries to break free but Chikorita pushes him back against the ropes.
Chikorita is looking to control Kane's arms but Kane gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chikorita has his back to the ropes.
Kane looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane clinches with his opponent.
Chikorita is trying to maintain a safe position but Kane gets an underhook and turns Chikorita into the ropes.
Kane can't break the clinch.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kane manages to break the clinch.
Kane has managed to clinch.
Kane breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikorita tries to clinch there but Kane circles away.
Kane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chikorita is looking to control Kane's arms but Kane gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chikorita has his back to the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chikorita prevents Kane from breaking the clinch.
Chikorita trying to stall but Kane improves his position.
Chikorita tries to stall but Kane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kane is trying to push Chikorita away but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kane manages to break the clinch.
Kane clinches up with Chikorita and pushes him back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kane tries to break free but Chikorita pushes him back against the ropes.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Kane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Barry Chikorita.
Chikorita ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chikorita tries to close the distance and clinch but Kane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kane is trying to force a seperation but Chikorita has the dominant position.
Chikorita taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Chikorita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A lazy left from Kane finds it's target.
Kane clinches.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kane is keeping busy.
Chikorita prevents Kane from breaking the clinch.
Kane wants to get back to striking at distance but Chikorita won't allow it.
Chikorita looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chikorita is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kane darts in and clinches Chikorita up against the ropes.
Chikorita tries to stall but Kane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Kane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
Kane manages to break the clinch.
Kane forces Chikorita back against the ropes and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but Chikorita is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Kane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chikorita is trying to maintain a safe position but Kane gets an underhook and turns Chikorita into the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane takes the fight into the clinch.
Kane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kane closes the distance and pushes Chikorita back into the ropes.
Chikorita keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kane's efforts to push away.
Kane working hard to break the clinch.
Kane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kane has Chikorita up against the ropes in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chikorita keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kane's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane working hard to break the clinch.
Kane manages to break the clinch.
Kane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chikorita tries to clinch but Kane moves out of range.
Chikorita tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kane moves into range and clinches up with Chikorita.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane instigates a clinch.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane rushes Chikorita and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kane is keeping busy.
Kane is trying to push Chikorita away but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darden Kane dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kane moves into the clinch.
Chikorita is trying to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chikorita seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chikorita can do to turn this around?
Chikorita tries to close the distance and clinch but Kane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kane is looking to counter the offense by Chikorita and move into the clinch.
Kane rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chikorita counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kane closes the distance and pushes Chikorita back into the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chikorita looking to stall.
Chikorita is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Kane has denied him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikorita looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Barry Chikorita.
Kane with a jab.
Kane clinches with his opponent.
Kane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane rushes Chikorita and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kane drives through and clinches with Chikorita against the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Darden Kane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kane working hard to break the clinch.
Chikorita trying to stall but Kane improves his position.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes.
Kane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Darden Kane is winning the standup battle so far.
Kane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kane tries to break free but Chikorita pushes him back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Kane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
Chikorita prevents Kane from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chikorita tries to stall but Kane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chikorita is trying to maintain a safe position but Kane gets an underhook and turns Chikorita into the ropes.
Chikorita taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Barry Chikorita.
Kane takes the fight into the clinch.
Chikorita trying to stall but Kane improves his position.
Kane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes.
Kane has had enough of the clinch but Chikorita keeps him there for the moment.
Kane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kane clinches with his opponent.
Kane tries to circle away but Chikorita has him pinned against the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chikorita tries to keep at a distance but Kane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chikorita wants to stall.
Kane wants to break free but Chikorita has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chikorita has Kane pressed against the ropes, preventing Kane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kane breaks from the clinch.
Chikorita fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Chikorita wants to stall.
Chikorita looking to stall.
Kane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kane circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kane seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kane has managed to clinch.
Chikorita is trying to stall.
Kane is looking to break free of the clinch but Chikorita has double underhooks.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes.
Kane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kane moves into range and clinches up with Chikorita.
Chikorita tries to stall but Kane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kane as Chikorita tries to tie him up.
Kane wants to break free but Chikorita has control.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Barry Chikorita.
Chikorita doesn't manage to clinch there - Kane circles away.
Kane pushes Chikorita up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kane breaks from the clinch.
Kane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kane gets a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darden Kane 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. This is the final round!
Chikorita tries to keep at a distance but Kane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chikorita is looking to control Kane's arms but Kane gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chikorita has his back to the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Kane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chikorita is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kane is keeping busy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Kane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but Chikorita is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chikorita tries to keep at a distance but Kane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chikorita is looking to clinch but Kane is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane darts in and clinches Chikorita up against the ropes.
Kane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kane is trying to push Chikorita away but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chikorita tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kane tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Chikorita manages to circle out of the way.
Darden Kane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kane throws a push kick but Chikorita slaps the foot to one side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chikorita! But no joy.
Kane rushes Chikorita and presses him up against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Kane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kane rushes Chikorita and presses him up against the ropes.
Chikorita trying to control the position but instead, Kane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chikorita into the ropes.
Kane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barry Chikorita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kane closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Kane blocking some punches.
Chikorita using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kane has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chikorita misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kane prevents a body shot from Chikorita.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane has closed the distance and engaged Chikorita in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane clinches.
Kane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kane closes the distance and pushes Chikorita back into the ropes.
Kane breaks from the clinch.
Kane slips a jab from Chikorita.
Kane lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kane takes the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane darts in and clinches Chikorita up against the ropes.
Kane manages to break the clinch.
Kane moves into the clinch.
Kane breaks from the clinch.
Kane moves into the clinch.
Chikorita with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chikorita throws a body shot but no joy.
Kane clinches.
Kane blocks a body shot from Chikorita.
Chikorita has Kane pressed against the ropes, preventing Kane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kane tries to break the clinch but Chikorita is controlling the position.
Kane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes.
Kane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chikorita throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kane clinches up against the ropes.
Kane is looking to break free of the clinch but Chikorita has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chikorita struggles to land a body shot inside as Kane controls his hands.
Kane breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane gets a clinch.
Chikorita creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chikorita has him pressed against the ropes.
Kane is looking to break free of the clinch but Chikorita has double underhooks.
Chikorita is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kane is defending well for now.
Chikorita misses with a body punch.
Chikorita tries to throw a body punch but Kane avoids it by throwing Chikorita back against the ropes.
Chikorita misses with a body punch.
Kane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kane rushes Chikorita and presses him up against the ropes.
Kane tries to break the clinch but Chikorita is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kane.
Kane is trying to force a seperation but Chikorita has the dominant position.
Kane avoiding damage as Chikorita throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Kane's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chikorita misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Darden Kane showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kane 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Darden Kane!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Darden Kane!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Darden Kane!
Darden Kane wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Andre Pereira (ranked 4371 p4p, 4663 weight class) and Ryobi Sansho (ranked 356 p4p, 381 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ryobi Sansho enters the ring!
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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryobi Sansho!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sansho doesn't seem bothered though.
Pereira lands a jab to the head.
Pereira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sansho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pereira circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Pereira does it's job there.
Pereira walks into a big right hand from Sansho and goes down! The referee sends Sansho to a neutral corner as Pereira gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
 It looks like Andre Pereira has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sansho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pereira counters with a one-two to the body.
Sansho falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pereira counters with a stiff right hand.
Pereira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sansho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sansho throws an overhand right that lands on Pereira's shoulder, as Pereira tries to avoid the shot.
Sansho throws a nice looking combination but Pereira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sansho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sansho throws a jab but it's blocked by Pereira.
Pereira swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sansho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sansho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pereira.
Sansho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pereira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sansho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sansho throws a jab when Pereira was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sansho throws a lazy right hand but Pereira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sansho takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pereira moves out of range of the strikes.
Sansho misses with a lunging right hand
and Pereira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ryobi Sansho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sansho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sansho misses with a right hand
and Sansho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sansho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pereira.
Sansho misses with a lunging right hand
and as Sansho looks to reset his feet, Pereira counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending Sansho crashing to the canvas! Sansho is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but Sansho is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Pereira is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Andre Pereira!
A victorious Andre Pereira 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 Massiel Tomás (ranked 4730 p4p, 4585 weight class) and Garry Hobbs (ranked 387 p4p, 372 weight class). Garry Hobbs looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Massiel Tomás!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garry Hobbs!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hobbs misses with a looping right.
Hobbs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hobbs looks to land a left hand but Tomás moved out of range nicely.
Hobbs looks to throw the jab but Tomás is out of range.
Tomás is looking for a counter combo.
Tomás throws a big shot that misses.
Hobbs wants to counter the offense by Tomás and move into the clinch position.
Hobbs just misses with a punch to the body.
Hobbs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hobbs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tomás is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hobbs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tomás sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tomás keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hobbs.
Hobbs misses with a body punch
and Tomás cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tomás throws a big shot that misses.
Hobbs looks to throw the jab but Tomás is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hobbs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tomás.
Garry Hobbs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hobbs lands a jab to the nose.
Hobbs defending well as Tomás loads up on a big left hand.
Hobbs misses with a wild body shot.
Hobbs throws a series of punches but Tomás moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomás throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hobbs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Hobbs on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hobbs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hobbs lands a glancing blow to the side of Tomás's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomás works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomás. Hobbs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hobbs lands a jab to Tomás's midsection.
Tomás displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hobbs throws out the jab.
Tomás will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab by Tomás.
Tomás throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tomás lands a nice shot to the body.
Hobbs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hobbs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomás.
Tomás lands with an overhand left.
Hobbs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomás keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hobbs.
An attempted straight right counter from Tomás misses the target.
Tomás defending well as Hobbs loads up on a big left hand.
Tomás swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hobbs misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tomás throws a hook but Hobbs blocks it.
Hobbs throws a shot from downtown. Tomás moves away and avoids it.
Tomás throwing a counter right hand but Hobbs manages to avoid it.
Hobbs misses with a jab to the body
letting Tomás counter with a right hand.
Hobbs digs a good hook to Tomás's body.
Hobbs throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hobbs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hobbs misses with a lunging right hand
and Tomás counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tomás looks to land a left hand but Hobbs moved out of range nicely.
Hobbs swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tomás counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hobbs thinking.
Tomás staying out of range there.
Tomás tries to move into range but Hobbs moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tomás cracks Hobbs with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hobbs misses with a jab to the body
and Tomás connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tomás lands a head shot.
Tomás throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hobbs misses with a hook. Tomás ducked under it nicely.
Hobbs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tomás.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tomás counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 Hobbs is rocked!
Hobbs misses with a right hand
and Tomás counters with a big uppercut that drops Hobbs face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Massiel Tomás!
Our winner, Massiel Tomás, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Hardeep Nijjar (ranked 4563 p4p, 4522 weight class) and Jack Manion (ranked 370 p4p, 368 weight class). Manion has chosen Solid Rock as his entrance music. The key to victory for Hardeep Nijjar has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hardeep Nijjar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Manion!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manion slips under a jab from Nijjar.
Manion throws a body shot but no joy.
Manion misses with a wild body shot.
Manion misses with a right hand
and Nijjar counters with a stiff right hand.
Manion jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nijjar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nijjar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Manion works Nijjar's body with a nice hook.
Nijjar slips under a jab from Manion.
Nijjar scores with a sloppy right hand. Manion should have avoided that one.
The fighters circling - Nijjar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nijjar misses with a wild body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Manion misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manion. Nijjar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manion missing with a left hand there. Nijjar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manion thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manion throws a body punch but Nijjar moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nijjar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manion.
Manion throws a jab but it's blocked by Nijjar.
A little feinted left hand from Nijjar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Manion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nijjar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nijjar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manion connects with a nice looking jab.
Nijjar ducks right into an uppercut from Manion.
Manion connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Manion throws a hook but Nijjar avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manion. Nijjar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manion lands a lovely overhand right.
Nijjar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Manion slips under a jab.
Manion throws a series of punches but Nijjar avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manion lands with a shot to the body.
Manion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nijjar was well out of range. Poor timing from Manion.
Nijjar 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.
Manion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manion fails to land with a series of punches.
Manion misses with an uppercut. Nijjar saw that one coming.
Nijjar avoids the body shot from Manion.
An attempted straight right counter from Nijjar misses the target.
Manion ducks under a wild hook from Nijjar.
Nijjar defending well as Manion loads up on a big left hand.
Nijjar takes one to the chin there.
Nijjar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manion rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nijjar counters with a left to the body.
Jack Manion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nijjar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Manion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manion is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nijjar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Manion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nijjar misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Nijjar lands an impressive looking overhand right. Manion doesn't seem phased though.
Manion bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Manion throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Manion rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Nijjar counter with a right hand.
 It looks like Jack Manion has been cut.
Nijjar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Manion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nijjar throws a right hand that misses
letting Manion counter with a right hand.
Nijjar ducks under a wild hook from Manion.
Manion rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nijjar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A swing and a miss from Nijjar.
Manion takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nijjar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nijjar throws a lazy right hand but Manion sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nijjar lands a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manion avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manion waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nijjar.
Manion swings widly with a right hand
enabling Nijjar to counter with a crisp jab.
Manion lands a nice looking body shot.
Nijjar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Manion misses the shot to the body.
Nijjar tries to clinch up but Manion circles away and keeps his distance.
Nijjar is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Manion misses the body punch
enabling Nijjar to counter with a crisp jab.
Manion scores with a nice head shot.
Manion throws a jab but it's blocked by Nijjar.
Nijjar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Manion.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manion misses the body punch
and Nijjar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nijjar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Manion is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jack Manion will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Manion's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nijjar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manion.
Nijjar cracks Manion with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Manion 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 Manion is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Manion could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hardeep Nijjar!
After the fight, Hardeep Nijjar 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.
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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Cesar Borges (ranked 4717 p4p, 5108 weight class) and Mark Spagnolo (ranked 385 p4p, 406 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Borges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Spagnolo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spagnolo doesn't manage to clinch there - Borges circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spagnolo.
Spagnolo lands with a good body shot.
Jab, jab by Spagnolo - just one landing.
Spagnolo stuns Borges with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Spagnolo misses with a looping left.
Borges doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Spagnolo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borges is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spagnolo is keeping busy.
Spagnolo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Spagnolo scores with a hook to the body.
Spagnolo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Spagnolo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spagnolo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Borges taking a breather.
Borges looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Spagnolo.
A frustrated look appears on Borges's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spagnolo scores with a shot to the side of Borges's head.
Spagnolo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borges or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Spagnolo as Borges tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Spagnolo - that landed with a thud.
Borges tries to stall but Spagnolo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Borges tries to break free but Spagnolo pushes him back against the ropes.
Spagnolo prevents Borges from breaking the clinch.
Borges 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.
Borges wants to break free but Spagnolo has control.
Borges wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spagnolo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spagnolo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spagnolo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spagnolo digs a right hand into Borges's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Borges's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spagnolo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borgess head.
Borges is trying to break the clinch but Spagnolo has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Spagnolo.
Spagnolo presses Borges against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borges wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spagnolo has him pressed against the ropes.
Spagnolo lands a left hand.
Spagnolo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Borges is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Spagnolo as the two fighters clinch.
Spagnolo lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Spagnolo.
Borges wants to get back to striking at distance but Spagnolo won't allow it.
Borges is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Spagnolo - that landed with a thud.
Spagnolo prevents Borges from breaking the clinch.
Borges tries to circle away but Spagnolo has him pinned against the ropes.
Borges wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spagnolo digs a right hand underneath Borges's ribcage. Borges let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Spagnolo lands a body punch.
Borges stalling in the clinch but Spagnolo improves position.
Spagnolo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Borges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spagnolo pushes Borges back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Spagnolo.
A left hand lands to the body for Spagnolo.
Spagnolo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Borges.
Spagnolo is leaning against Borges and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spagnolo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borgess head.
Spagnolo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Borges's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Borges looking to stall.
Borges is trying to force a seperation but Spagnolo has the dominant position.
Spagnolo lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Spagnolo.
Spagnolo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borges or not.
Spagnolo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Borges seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Spagnolo can turn it around.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Spagnolo - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Spagnolo.
Spagnolo cracks Borges with a nice body shot.
Borges is breathing heavily.
Spagnolo lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Spagnolo as Borges tries to tie him up.
Spagnolo works on Borges's body with a couple of short punches.
Spagnolo lands a hook that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Borges's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spagnolo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Spagnolo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spagnolo cracks Borges with a nice body shot.
Spagnolo lands a right hand.
Borges working hard to break the clinch.
Spagnolo scores with a shoulder strike.
Spagnolo lands a hook that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Spagnolo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Spagnolo lands a hook that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Spagnolo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Spagnolo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Spagnolo digs a good hook to Borges's body.
Spagnolo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spagnolo lands a right hook to the body.
Borges tries to keep at a distance but Spagnolo has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spagnolo.
Spagnolo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Spagnolo prevents a body shot from Borges.
Spagnolo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Borges wants to break free but Spagnolo has control.
A nice left hand lands by Spagnolo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spagnolo has Borges pressed against the ropes, preventing Borges from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Spagnolo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spagnolo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mark Spagnolo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short uppercut from Spagnolo.
Spagnolo pushes Borges back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Spagnolo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spagnolo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Borges wants to get back to striking at distance but Spagnolo won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spagnolo.
Borges is trying to break free.
A short uppercut from Spagnolo.
A left hand lands to the body for Spagnolo.
Spagnolo lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Spagnolo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spagnolo breaks the clinch.
Spagnolo scores with a nice strike.
 Borges is rocked!
Spagnolo jabs Borges right on the nose. Borges blinks but takes it well.
Oh Borges is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spagnolo clinches up with Borges and pushes him back against the ropes.
Spagnolo lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spagnolo lands with a short shot to the head.
Spagnolo prevents Borges from breaking the clinch.
Spagnolo cracks Borges with a nice body shot.
Spagnolo presses Borges against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Borges is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spagnolo lands with a short shot to the head.
Borges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spagnolo lands a left hand.
Spagnolo pushes Borges back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Spagnolo lands with a right to the head.
Borges tries to circle away but Spagnolo has him pinned against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Spagnolo.
Borges can't break the clinch.
Borges wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Spagnolo.
Spagnolo is leaning against Borges and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Borges is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Spagnolo lands a shoulder strike.
Spagnolo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Spagnolo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borges or not.
Spagnolo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Borges backwards.
Spagnolo scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice left hand lands by Spagnolo.
Spagnolo works on Borges's body with a couple of short punches.
Spagnolo is working Borges over against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Spagnolo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Spagnolo scores with a shoulder strike.
Borges is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spagnolo is keeping busy.
Spagnolo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Borges or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spagnolo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Borges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spagnolo creates a bit of distance and cracks Borges with a big uppercut! Borges goes down! The referee pushes Spagnolo away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Borges make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Spagnolo takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mark Spagnolo!
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