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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Dillon Caldwell (ranked 22996 p4p, 5010 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 573 p4p, 507 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Cardio machine
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Lethal high kicks
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dillon Caldwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caldwell takes the fight into the clinch.
Adesanya 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.
Caldwell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caldwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caldwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Adesanya avoids the damage to the body.
Adesanya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caldwell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Caldwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caldwell tries to work over Adesanya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adesanya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caldwell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adesanya is defending well for now.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
Adesanya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caldwell throws an elbow but it misses.
Caldwell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adesanya is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caldwell has a couple of punches blocked by Adesanya.
Caldwell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Adesanya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Caldwell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caldwell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Caldwell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caldwell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adesanya prevents a body shot from Caldwell.
A head punch on the inside from Caldwell fails to land.
Adesanya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Adesanya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Caldwell lands with a shot to the body.
Adesanya clinches with his opponent.
Caldwell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adesanya is defending well for now.
A left hand lands to the body for Caldwell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Caldwell tries a body shot but Adesanya blocks it.
Adesanya scores with a hook to the body.
Adesanya throws an elbow but it misses.
Adesanya presses Caldwell against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Adesanya lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Caldwell or not.
Caldwell missing with knees to the body.
Caldwell is leaning against Adesanya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adesanya blocks a body shot from Caldwell.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adesanya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Adesanya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adesanya lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Adesanya swats away the attempt to clinch by Caldwell.
Adesanya is looking for the big counter here.
Adesanya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adesanya appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dillon Caldwell dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Caldwell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Adesanya.
Caldwell clobbers Adesanya with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Caldwell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adesanya avoiding damage.
Adesanya blocking some punches.
Adesanya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caldwell wants to clinch up but Adesanya keeps it at a distance.
Adesanya connects with a crisp jab.
Adesanya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Caldwell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adesanya lands with a right to the head.
Dillon Caldwell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Caldwell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caldwell moves in looking to clinch but Adesanya pushes him off.
Caldwell scores with a spinning back kick!
Carlton Adesanya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Caldwell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caldwell has Adesanya up against the ropes in a clinch.
Caldwell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caldwell lands with a light punch inside.
Caldwell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Caldwell misses with some punches.
A short right from Adesanya.
Adesanya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Caldwell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adesanya avoids it.
Caldwell misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Caldwell as the two fighters clinch.
Adesanya takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Caldwell as the two fighters clinch.
Caldwell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adesanya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adesanya swats away the attempt to clinch by Caldwell.
Dillon Caldwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell tries to clinch but Adesanya moves out of range.
Adesanya slips a jab and a cross from Caldwell.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caldwell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Caldwell's head coaches at Project Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Adesanya circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adesanya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caldwell.
Adesanya is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Caldwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caldwell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adesanya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caldwell moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAdesanya.
Adesanya lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Caldwell backs up against the ropes.
Caldwell doesn't manage to clinch there - Adesanya circles away.
A head kick from Caldwell lands but Adesanya takes it in his stride.
It looks like Carlton Adesanya has been cut.
Caldwell works the jab nicely.
Adesanya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caldwell is looking to clinch.
Adesanya raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Adesanya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
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 Dillon Caldwell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlton Adesanya'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. This is the final round!
Adesanya instigates a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Caldwell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adesanya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caldwell throws a body punch but Adesanya moves out of range.
Caldwell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carlton Adesanya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adesanya pushes Caldwell up against the ropes in a clinch.
Caldwell misses with some punches.
Caldwell struggles to land a body shot inside as Adesanya controls his hands.
Adesanya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adesanya closes the distance and clinches.
Adesanya can't find room to land a body shot as Caldwell controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adesanya blocking some punches.
Caldwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Adesanya avoids the damage to the body.
Adesanya scores with a hook to the body.
Caldwell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adesanya missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Caldwell wants to clinch
and Adesanya counters with a stiff right hand.
Adesanya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Adesanya manages to break the clinch.
Caldwell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Adesanya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Caldwell tries to close the distance and clinch but Adesanya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caldwell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Adesanya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Caldwell is looking to clinch.
Adesanya throws a big counter head kick but Caldwell avoids it with no problem.
Adesanya misses with a few strikes there.
Caldwell tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on Adesanya's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Caldwell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adesanya throws a counter combo.
Caldwell tries to clinch but Adesanya is having none of it.
Adesanya wants to counter the offense by Caldwell and move into the clinch position.
Adesanya takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Caldwell moves into the clinch.
Adesanya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Adesanya avoids the damage to the body.
Caldwell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adesanya avoids it.
Adesanya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caldwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adesanya jabs Caldwell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caldwell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caldwell misses with a series of wild punches.
Caldwell tries a head kick but it misses.
Caldwell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Adesanya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adesanya keeps the fight on the outside.
Caldwell is looking to clinch.
Dillon Caldwell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caldwell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Adesanya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Caldwell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caldwell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlton Adesanya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Caldwell 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Carlton Adesanya!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Carlton Adesanya!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Carlton Adesanya!
Carlton Adesanya wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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