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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Asa Sharp (ranked 3892 p4p, 23396 weight class) and Kyle Kovingten (ranked 486 p4p, 682 weight class). Sharp comes to the ring accompanied by Moneybagg Yo - Federal Fed Ft. Future. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Asa Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Kovingten!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp scores with a hook to the body. Kovingten takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Sharp misses.
Kovingten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovingten moves away.
Kovingten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sharp.
Sharp throws a body punch but Kovingten moves out of range.
Kovingten 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.
Kovingten on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kovingten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sharp moves into the clinch.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Sharp.
Sharp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kovingten scores with a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Kovingten.
Kovingten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sharp or not.
Kovingten stalling in the clinch but Sharp improves position.
Kovingten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kovingten stalling in the clinch but Sharp improves position.
Sharp tries a body shot but Kovingten blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kovingten.
Sharp working aggressively here.
Kovingten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sharp or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kovingten misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kovingten misses with the head strike.
Kovingten throws a head punch that misses.
Sharp lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Kovingten lands with a short shot to the head.
Sharp struggles to land a body shot inside as Kovingten controls his hands.
Kovingten has a couple of punches blocked by Sharp.
A head punch on the inside from Sharp fails to land.
Sharp lands a left hand.
Kovingten is looking to control Sharp's arms but Sharp gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kovingten has his back to the ropes.
Sharp scores with a hook to the body.
Kovingten manages to break the clinch.
Sharp gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sharp lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Sharp lands a nice shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sharp lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sharp.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is trying to stall.
Kovingten lands an elbow inside.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sharp tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kovingten's elbow.
Sharp lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kovingten backwards.
Kovingten struggles to land a body shot inside as Sharp controls his hands.
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Sharp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Sharp.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but Kovingten blocks it.
Sharp has Kovingten pressed against the ropes, preventing Kovingten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sharp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kovingten's face.
Sharp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sharp wants to stall.
Kovingten blocking some punches.
Sharp misses with a knee to the head.
Kovingten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sharp letting Kovingten take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asa Sharp dominated that round.
That's time! Sharp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sharp throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sharp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kovingten throws a head kick but Sharp moves out of range.
Kovingten throws an overhand right that lands on Sharp's shoulder, as Sharp tries to avoid the shot.
Sharp lands a jab to the head.
Sharp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sharp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kovingten can do to turn this around?
Kovingten takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kovingten throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Sharp does it's job there.
Sharp throws out a loose jab but Kovingten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharp lands a lovely overhand right.
Sharp has closed the distance and engaged Kovingten in a clinch.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kovingten avoids it.
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!
Sharp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kovingten's face.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asa Sharp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kovingten.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Sharp.
Kovingten working hard to break the clinch.
Kovingten is trying to break the clinch but Sharp has him pressed against the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovingten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sharp scores with a hook to the body.
Sharp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kovingtens head.
Sharp misses with the head strike.
Kovingten breaks the clinch.
Kovingten misses with a double jab
letting Sharp counter with a right hand.
Kovingten fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Kovingten doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sharp lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Kovingten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looks like Sharp has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Kovingten looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kovingten tries a head kick but it misses.
Kovingten looks to land a left hand but Sharp moved out of range nicely.
Kovingten lands a jab to the nose.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
Sharp throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kovingten throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sharp counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovingten throws a body punch but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kovingten blocks a head kick by Sharp.
Kovingten is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sharp.
Kovingten throws a looping overhand right but Sharp ducks down to avoid it.
Kovingten tries a low kick but Sharp avoids it.
Kovingten throws a lazy uppercut
and Sharp moves into the clinch.
Sharp misses with a punch on the inside.
Sharp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sharp has Kovingten pushed against the ropes.
Kovingten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten looking to slow down the pace here.
Kovingten blocks a body shot from Sharp.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kovingten breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sharp ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asa Sharp 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sharp tries to clinch there but Kovingten circles away.
Kovingten lands with a kick to the temple. Sharp shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Asa Sharp is winning the standup battle so far.
Sharp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kovingten takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sharp tries to clinch there but Kovingten circles away.
And Kovingten responds with a good body kick, but Sharp manages to step out the way in time.
Sharp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sharp forces Kovingten back against the ropes and clinches.
Sharp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kovingten.
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Sharp scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kovingten.
Kovingten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sharp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kovingten.
Sharp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kovingten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sharp struggles to land a body shot inside as Kovingten controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Kovingten - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Sharp lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp lands with a short shot to the head.
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Kovingten controls the action.
Sharp misses with a body punch.
Come on Kovingten - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but Kovingten blocks it.
Kovingten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sharp is trying to maintain a safe position but Kovingten gets an underhook and turns Sharp into the ropes.
Kovingten is leaning against Sharp and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sharp tries to throw a body punch but Kovingten avoids it by throwing Sharp back against the ropes.
Kovingten prevents a body shot from Sharp.
Sharp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sharp tries to stall but Kovingten uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A body shot lands from Sharp.
Kovingten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Kovingten can't find room to land a body shot as Sharp controls the action.
Sharp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kovingten trying to stall but Sharp improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kovingten.
Kyle Kovingten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp lands a shoulder strike.
Kovingten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asa Sharp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sharp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sharp blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kovingten scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharp scores with a shot to the side of Kovingten's head.
Sharp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Sharp fails to land.
Sharp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sharp works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kovingten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kovingten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kovingten lands with a right to the head.
Kovingten struggles to land a body shot inside as Sharp controls his hands.
Good body shot from Kovingten.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Kovingten.
A head punch on the inside from Kovingten fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Asa Sharp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sharp 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Asa Sharp!
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Asa Sharp!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Asa Sharp!
Asa Sharp wins by unanimous decision!
Asa Sharp took some time post fight to say the following; 'Great opponent ima take some time off and vacate'.
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