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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saggy Dinglestomper (ranked 2368 p4p, 1003 weight class) and Kai Kona (ranked 276 p4p, 121 weight class). Kona has chosen A Warriors Call as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saggy Dinglestomper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kai Kona!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kona scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kona 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.
Kona throws a head kick that misses.
Dinglestomper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kona.
Kona gets a clinch.
Kona jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dinglestomper walks away with a smile on his face. Kona gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinglestomper moves away.
Jab, jab by Dinglestomper - just one landing.
Saggy Dinglestomper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kona tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinglestomper was well out of range. Poor timing from Kona.
Kona pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dinglestomper is out of range and Kona settles back down.
Dinglestomper has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hare of the Dog Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kona catches Dinglestomper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dinglestomper misses with an uppercut
and Kona counters with a thumping low kick.
Dinglestomper misses with a hook. Kona ducked under it nicely.
Dinglestomper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kona checks a low kick from Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kona misses with a body kick.
Kona with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dinglestomper circles away quickly and effectively.
Dinglestomper swinging wildly here.
Dinglestomper looks to score with a jab to the body but Kona is just out of range.
Kona ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Dinglestomper misses the target.
Dinglestomper's corner calls for a 1-2. Dinglestomper obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kona blocks a head kick by Dinglestomper.
Kona lands with a nice body punch.
Kona takes a swing at Dinglestomper's ribcage but misses.
Kona is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dinglestomper rather than just go for the knockout.
Dinglestomper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kona throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dinglestomper lands a nice shot to the body.
Dinglestomper misses with a body kick.
Dinglestomper takes a swing at Kona's ribcage but misses.
Kona swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kona scores with a nice strike.
Kona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper throws a lazy right hand but Kona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinglestomper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dinglestomper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kona lands a head shot.
Kona doesn't manage to clinch there - Dinglestomper circles away.
Kona blocks a leg kick.
Dinglestomper is looking to chop away at Kona's legs.
Kona throws out a counter right but Dinglestomper avoids it with no problem.
Dinglestomper throws a jab but it's blocked by Kona.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kona. Dinglestomper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kona lands with a hook. Dinglestomper tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dinglestomper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kona moves away.
Dinglestomper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick lands for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper tries to land a body kick
and Kona counters with an inside leg kick.
Dinglestomper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dinglestomper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kona takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper struggles to land a body shot inside as Kona controls his hands.
Dinglestomper has a couple of punches blocked by Kona.
Kona misses with some punches.
Kona misses with a punch to the body.
Kona is leaning against Dinglestomper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kona blocking some punches.
Kona scores with a shoulder strike.
Dinglestomper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dinglestomper misses with a punch on the inside.
Kona misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Kona scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kona scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kona tries to pull guard but Dinglestomper forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dinglestomper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kona swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinglestomper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinglestomper digs a right hand underneath Kona's ribcage. Kona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kona throws a punch but it's blocked by Dinglestomper.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kona misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kona backwards.
Dinglestomper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kona misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Kona fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kona.
Dinglestomper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dinglestomper digs a right hand underneath Kona's ribcage. Kona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kona tries to work over Dinglestomper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dinglestomper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kona.
Kona doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Dinglestomper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kona softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dinglestomper just leaning against Kona, taking a breather.
Dinglestomper lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dinglestomper tries a body shot but Kona blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dinglestomper.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kona.
Kona is trying to pull guard but Dinglestomper turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Saggy Dinglestomper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kai Kona.
Kona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinglestomper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Kona dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dinglestomper misses with a body shot.
Dinglestomper tests Kona's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dinglestomper thuds a left hand into Kona's body.
Dinglestomper avoids the body shot from Kona.
Kona jabs at Dinglestomper's body.
Dinglestomper 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dinglestomper.
Kona pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dinglestomper is out of range and Kona settles back down.
Dinglestomper misses with a wild body shot.
Dinglestomper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kona.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kona slips under a jab from Dinglestomper.
Kona takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kona misses with a wild body shot.
Dinglestomper throws a looping overhand right but Kona ducks down to avoid it.
Kona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dinglestomper scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kona lands with a shot to the body.
Kona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dinglestomper finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kona misses with a straight right.
Kona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dinglestomper takes a swing at Kona's ribcage but misses.
Dinglestomper gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kona takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dinglestomper swings widly with a right hand
and Kona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dinglestomper moves out of range as Kona strikes.
Dinglestomper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kona lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dinglestomper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dinglestomper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dinglestomper just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Dinglestomper lands.
Dinglestomper misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinglestomper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kona paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dinglestomper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kona connects with a leg kick.
Dinglestomper lands a jab to Kona's midsection.
Kona misses the shot to the body.
Dinglestomper throws a head kick but Kona moves out of range.
Kona connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kona lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dinglestomper's sensitive parts.
Kona loads up on a big right hand but Dinglestomper slips the punch.
Dinglestomper misses with a body kick.
Dinglestomper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kona throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dinglestomper wants to clinch up but Kona keeps it at a distance.
Dinglestomper moves forwards but Kona connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dinglestomper throws a leg kick but Kona sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Dinglestomper misses.
Kona tries a head kick but it misses.
And Dinglestomper counters with a quick kick to the body but Kona blocks it.
Kona throws the left hand but Dinglestomper avoids the punch easily.
Kai Kona seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dinglestomper lands a slapping body shot.
Kona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper misses with a hook. Kona ducked under it nicely.
Kona connects with an inside leg kick.
Dinglestomper feints and then cracks Kona's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kona down.
A punch lands to the side of Kona 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Kona.
Kona throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dinglestomper misses with a body shot.
Kona looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Kona throws a leg kick
and Dinglestomper counters with a body kick.
Dinglestomper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kona moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kona swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kona fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dinglestomper.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kona takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kona scores with a nice strike.
Kona misses with a body shot.
Dinglestomper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dinglestomper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kona misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kona takes a swing at Dinglestomper's ribcage but misses.
Kona slips under a jab.
Dinglestomper lands a glancing blow to the side of Kona's head.
Kona misses with a straight left.
Dinglestomper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Kona blocks the low kick.
Kona avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kona connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Saggy Dinglestomper will probably get the nod.
That's time! Dinglestomper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Dinglestomper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kona sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kona checks a leg kick.
Dinglestomper throws a wild body kick that Kona sees coming a mile off.
Dinglestomper shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kona throws a leg kick but Dinglestomper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kona misses with a few strikes there.
Dinglestomper half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dinglestomper cracks Kona with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dinglestomper scores with the left hand. Kona knows he should have avoided that one.
Kona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinglestomper moves away.
Kona swings for the body but Dinglestomper moves out of range.
Dinglestomper 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kona scores with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Kona misses its intended target.
Kona scores with a nice right hand.
Kona pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dinglestomper misses with the body kick
and Kona connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinglestomper throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kona on the side of the head.
Dinglestomper throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kona on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dinglestomper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dinglestomper - that will leave a mark!
Dinglestomper tries a head kick but it misses.
Dinglestomper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dinglestomper throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kona swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Kona's front leg with a kick but Kona checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Dinglestomper checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kona misses with a straight right.
Dinglestomper slips a jab from Kona.
It looked like Dinglestomper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice straight punches there by Kona. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kona.
Dinglestomper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dinglestomper tries to move into range but Kona moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dinglestomper misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinglestomper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinglestomper pushes Kona away with a front kick.
Dinglestomper with a nice cross.
Dinglestomper misses with a wild combination.
Kona is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dinglestomper's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kona connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dinglestomper scrambles back to his feet.
Dinglestomper looks for the body kick but Kona saw that one coming.
Dinglestomper tries to work over Kona's front leg with a kick but Kona checks it.
A low kick lands for Kona.
Kona moves out of range of the leg kick from Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper tries to clinch up.
Dinglestomper fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kona.
Kona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kona walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dinglestomper.
A jab from Kona misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinglestomper misses with a looping right.
A head kick by Dinglestomper misses
letting Kona counter with a right hand.
Kona lands the left hand.
Dinglestomper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kona moves away.
Dinglestomper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dinglestomper moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dinglestomper misses with a leg kick.
Kona avoids the head kick by Dinglestomper.
Kona changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kona jabs Dinglestomper right on the nose. Dinglestomper blinks but takes it well.
Dinglestomper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dinglestomper throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kona counters with a straight right hand.
Kona avoids the head kick by Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kona checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dinglestomper throws a lazy uppercut
and Kona counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Kona.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dinglestomper throws a lazy uppercut
and Kona counters with a series of strikes. Dinglestomper will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kona wants to slow Dinglestomper down by chopping away at his legs.
Kona throws out a loose jab but Dinglestomper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinglestomper slips under a jab from Kona.
Dinglestomper scores with a leg kick.
Kona lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dinglestomper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kona now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dinglestomper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dinglestomper throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kona to counter with a crisp jab.
Dinglestomper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kona lands with a kick to the temple. Dinglestomper shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A slapping body kick lands there for Dinglestomper.
Dinglestomper throws a lazy head kick
and Kona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dinglestomper is looking to clinch but Kona is avoiding it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Kona comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kona has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Kona!
Kai Kona seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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