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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adsawin Jindasawat (ranked 3632 p4p, 2408 weight class) and Chris Travis (ranked 460 p4p, 326 weight class). Travis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chris Travis - Crunch Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adsawin Jindasawat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Travis!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jindasawat throws a hook but Travis blocks it.
Travis misses with a body shot.
Jindasawat has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LA Vale Tudo in the buildup to the fight.
Jindasawat throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jindasawat looks to land a combination. Travis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jindasawat moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Travis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jindasawat misses with a body shot.
Jindasawat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Travis moves away from the strike by Jindasawat.
Jindasawat takes one on the button.
Travis loads up on a big right hand but Jindasawat slips the punch.
Jindasawat staying out of range there.
Jindasawat ducks under a wild hook from Travis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Travis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jindasawat.
Travis throws a body punch but Jindasawat moves out of range.
Travis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jindasawat moves away.
Jindasawat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Travis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Jindasawat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jindasawat.
Travis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Travis. Beautiful body shot.
Travis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Travis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jindasawat throws a body punch but Travis moves out of range.
Travis moves out of range of the leg kick from Jindasawat.
Jindasawat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jindasawat lands a right hook to the body.
Travis throws a body punch but Jindasawat moves out of range.
Jindasawat takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jindasawat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Travis.
Jindasawat looks for the body kick but Travis saw that one coming.
Jindasawat misses with a hook.
Travis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jindasawat scores with a sloppy right hand. Travis should have avoided that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Travis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Travis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jindasawat takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Travis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jindasawat swings for the body but Travis moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Travis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Travis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jindasawat.
Travis 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.
Travis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jindasawat.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jindasawat.
Jindasawat slips a jab from Travis.
Nice straight punches there by Jindasawat. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jindasawat.
Travis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jindasawat.
Jindasawat misses with a hook. Travis ducked under it nicely.
Jindasawat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jindasawat misses with a wild body shot.
Jindasawat dips to his left and cracks Travis with an uppercut!
Jindasawat motions for Travis to come forward. Jindasawat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Travis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jindasawat.
Jindasawat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jindasawat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Travis.
Jindasawat slips a straight right by Travis.
Travis takes a swing at Jindasawat's ribcage but misses.
Jindasawat throws a chopping leg kick but Travis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Travis defending well as Jindasawat loads up on a big left hand.
Jindasawat throws a leg kick but Travis checks it.
Travis takes a swing at Jindasawat's ribcage but misses.
Jindasawat throws a shot from downtown. Travis moves away and avoids it.
Travis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Travis catches Jindasawat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A swing and a miss from Travis.
Jindasawat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Travis.
Jindasawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Travis moves away.
Jindasawat staying out of range there.
Travis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jindasawat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jindasawat blocks a jab.
Travis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis throws a body shot but no joy.
Jindasawat is looking to counter the offense by Travis and move into the clinch.
Jindasawat swings for the body but Travis moves out of range.
Jindasawat misses with a straight left.
Travis throws out a counter right but Jindasawat avoids it with no problem.
Jindasawat throws a low kick but Travis moves out of range easily.
Travis looks to score with a jab to the body but Jindasawat is just out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Travis throws a body shot but no joy.
Jindasawat avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Travis misses the shot to the body.
Jindasawat throws a body punch but Travis moves out of range.
Jindasawat throws an overhand right that lands on Travis's shoulder, as Travis tries to avoid the shot.
Jindasawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Travis moves away.
Travis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Travis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jindasawat cracks Travis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jindasawat tries to land a leg kick but Travis saw it coming and moves away.
Travis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jindasawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Travis moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Adsawin Jindasawat will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Travis throws an overhand right that lands on Jindasawat's shoulder, as Jindasawat tries to avoid the shot.
Travis throws a looping overhand right but Jindasawat ducks down to avoid it.
Jindasawat lands a glancing blow to the side of Travis's head.
Travis throws a good cross that connects.
Travis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jindasawat manages to avoid it.
Jindasawat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Travis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Travis misses.
Jindasawat works the jab nicely.
Travis moves into the clinch successfully.
Jindasawat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Travis staying out of range there.
Travis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jindasawat misses with a few strikes there.
Jindasawat has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Travis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jindasawat takes one on the button.
Jindasawat slips under a jab.
Jindasawat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Travis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jindasawat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Travis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jindasawat.
Jindasawat slips a straight right by Travis.
Jindasawat misses with a lunging right hand
and Travis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Travis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jindasawat connects with a leg kick.
Travis misses with a hook.
Jindasawat throws a body shot but no joy.
Jindasawat throws a hook to the side of Travis's head but Travis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Travis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jindasawat with a body shot.
Jindasawat slips a jab from Travis.
Jindasawat fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Travis is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jindasawat. Travis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jindasawat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jindasawat ducks under a wild hook from Travis.
It looked like Jindasawat was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Travis.
Travis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jindasawat.
Travis throws an overhand right that lands on Jindasawat's shoulder, as Jindasawat tries to avoid the shot.
Jindasawat swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Travis throws a body shot but no joy.
Travis throws a hook to the side of Jindasawat's head but Jindasawat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jindasawat is looking to counter the offense by Travis and move into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jindasawat lands a right hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Jindasawat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jindasawat gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Travis.
Travis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jindasawat fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Travis manages to avoid it.
Travis throws out a counter right but Jindasawat avoids it with no problem.
Jindasawat waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Travis.
Travis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jindasawat connects with a leg kick.
Jindasawat staying out of range there.
Travis throws out a loose jab but Jindasawat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Travis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Travis connects with a solid leg kick.
Jindasawat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Travis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jindasawat.
Adsawin Jindasawat is winning the standup battle so far.
Jindasawat tries to bum rush Travis with a series of wild strikes but Travis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Travis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice cross by Jindasawat.
Jindasawat tries a low kick but Travis avoids it.
Travis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jindasawat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Travis drives through and clinches with Jindasawat against the cage.
Travis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Travis scores with a shoulder strike.
Travis misses with some punches.
Jindasawat misses with the head strike.
Travis throws a punch but it's blocked by Jindasawat.
Travis taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Jindasawat.
Travis has a couple of punches blocked by Jindasawat.
Travis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jindasawat misses with the head strike.
Travis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jindasawats head.
Jindasawat blocks an uppercut.
Travis working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis blocking some punches.
Travis throws a punch but it's blocked by Jindasawat.
A short left from Jindasawat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jindasawat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jindasawat throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Traviss head.
Travis misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Travis fails to land.
Jindasawat prevents a body shot from Travis.
Travis misses with a punch on the inside.
Travis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jindasawat's elbow.
Travis tries to work over Jindasawat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Travis takes a shot to the head.
Jindasawat misses with a punch on the inside.
Jindasawat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Travis.
Travis is working Jindasawat over against the cage.
Jindasawat prevents a body shot from Travis.
Jindasawat misses with the head strike.
Jindasawat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Adsawin Jindasawat will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jindasawat stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jindasawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Travis moves away.
Jindasawat misses with a body shot.
Jindasawat on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jindasawat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Travis throws out the jab.
Travis scores with a sloppy right hand. Jindasawat should have avoided that one.
Jindasawat defending well as Travis loads up on a big left hand.
Travis misses with a hook.
Travis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jindasawat manages to avoid it.
Jindasawat avoids the body shot from Travis.
Travis thuds his right hand into Jindasawat's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Travis throws a looping overhand right but Jindasawat ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Jindasawat misses.
Travis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jindasawat tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Travis manages to circle out of the way.
Travis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jindasawat manages to avoid it.
Jindasawat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Travis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jindasawat. Jindasawat circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jindasawat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Travis finds it's way through Jindasawat's defenses.
A big right from Jindasawat misses.
Jindasawat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jindasawat 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.
Travis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Travis. Jindasawat does a little dance to reset his feet.
Travis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jindasawat.
A jab from Jindasawat misses.
Jindasawat misses with a looping left.
Travis slips a straight right by Jindasawat.
Travis lands a really nice looking cross but Jindasawat seems unphased.
Jindasawat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Travis.
Jindasawat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Jindasawat wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Travis lands with a shot to the body.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jindasawat.
Travis looks to land a left hand but Jindasawat moved out of range nicely.
Jindasawat ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chris Travis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jindasawat throws a hook but Travis blocks it.
Jindasawat moves out of range of the strikes.
Travis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Travis checks a leg kick.
Travis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Travis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jindasawat moves away.
Jindasawat connects with the punch.
A jab from Travis misses.
A little feinted left hand from Jindasawat on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Travis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Travis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Travis misses with a hook.
Jindasawat misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Travis misses the target.
Travis misses with a right hand
and Jindasawat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Travis looks to score with a jab to the body but Jindasawat is just out of range.
Travis moves out of range of the strikes.
Travis throws a shot from downtown. Jindasawat moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis scores with a jab. Jindasawat acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jindasawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Travis moves away.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jindasawat.
Travis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jindasawat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Travis scrambles back to his feet.
Jindasawat fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jindasawat thuds his right hand into Travis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jindasawat lands with a good body shot.
Jindasawat missing with a left hand there. Travis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Travis throws out a loose jab but Jindasawat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jindasawat just misses with a punch to the body.
Travis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jindasawat thumps Travis with a low kick.
Jindasawat bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Travis's head.
Jindasawat jabs at Travis's body.
Jindasawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jindasawat misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Travis. Jindasawat does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jindasawat.
Travis swings for the body but Jindasawat moves out of range.
Travis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Adsawin Jindasawat has been cut.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jindasawat.
A slow jab from Travis misses its intended target.
Jindasawat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Travis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jindasawat. Travis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Travis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Adsawin Jindasawat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jindasawat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Travis takes a swing at Jindasawat's ribcage but misses.
Jindasawat looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jindasawat lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jindasawat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Travis avoids the body shot from Jindasawat.
Jindasawat connects with a right hand. Travis shakes it off.
Travis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A big left from Travis misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chris Travis.
I think Jindasawat has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Chris Travis!
A relieved looking Chris Travis 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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