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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darren Tellkins (ranked 4023 p4p, 2807 weight class) and Mike Van Rijn (ranked 439 p4p, 326 weight class). Tellkins comes into the arena with Stunna 4 Vegas - Punch me in Pt 4 blaring out of the sound system. 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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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Tellkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 29 - 2, fighting out of New York, Mike Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellkins connects with a jab.
Tellkins slips under a jab from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tellkinss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tellkins wants to clinch up but Van Rijn keeps it at a distance.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that misses.
Tellkins has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Clark's Champion's in the buildup to the fight.
Tellkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Rijn circles away.
Tellkins misses with a body shot
and Van Rijn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tellkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tellkins clinches with his opponent.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the side of Tellkins's head.
Tellkins trying to control the position but instead, Van Rijn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tellkins into the ropes.
Van Rijn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tellkins is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellkins tries a body shot but Van Rijn blocks it.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tellkins backwards.
Van Rijn lands a shoulder strike.
Tellkins lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tellkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tellkins is keeping busy.
Van Rijn is working Tellkins over against the ropes.
Tellkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Tellkins misses with a punch to the body.
Tellkins blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Tellkins is leaning against Van Rijn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tellkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Rijn.
Tellkins misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Tellkins.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tellkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tellkins's elbow.
Tellkins throws a head punch that misses.
Tellkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tellkins's elbow.
Tellkins throws a head punch that misses.
Tellkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Rijn blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Rijn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tellkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn prevents a body shot from Tellkins.
Van Rijn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tellkins is working Van Rijn over against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tellkins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Van Rijn is trying to break the clinch but Tellkins is controlling him.
Van Rijn breaks the clinch.
A big left from Van Rijn misses.
Tellkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tellkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mike Van Rijn will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Van Rijn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tellkins.
Van Rijn works the jab nicely.
Tellkins cracks Van Rijn with an open hand slap.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tellkins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Rijn has time to react.
Van Rijn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tellkins.
Van Rijn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tellkins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
Van Rijn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Rijn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellkins controls his hands.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Tellkins controls the action.
Darren Tellkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tellkins.
Tellkins misses with a knee to the head.
Tellkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Rijn gets an underhook and turns Tellkins into the ropes.
Tellkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tellkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Rijn's elbow.
Van Rijn blocks a body shot from Tellkins.
Still in the clinch, Tellkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the side of Tellkins's head.
Van Rijn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tellkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn trying to stall but Tellkins improves his position.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but Tellkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tellkins can't find room to land a body shot as Van Rijn controls the action.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellkins controls his hands.
Van Rijn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rijn slows down the pace here.
Van Rijn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Rijn tries to work over Tellkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Van Rijn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellkins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellkins controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellkins.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellkins controls his hands.
Van Rijn breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tellkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rijn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tellkins in his tracks.
Van Rijn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tellkins. That did some damage!
Tellkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Rijn throws a body kick that misses.
Van Rijn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tellkins.
Van Rijn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tellkins.
Tellkins takes one to the chin there.
Van Rijn avoids a punch combination nicely.
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 Darren Tellkins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
That's time! Tellkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Tellkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Rijn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good work by Tellkins as he checks the leg kick.
Van Rijn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Tellkins was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Van Rijn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tellkins lands with a cross.
A low kick lands for Van Rijn.
Tellkins throws an overhand right that lands on Van Rijn's shoulder, as Van Rijn tries to avoid the shot.
Van Rijn thuds a left hand into Tellkins's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tellkins. Van Rijn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Rijn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Rijn tries to clinch up.
Tellkins throws a hook but Van Rijn blocks it.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
Van Rijn throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Rijn misses the target.
Tellkins misses with an uppercut. Van Rijn saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Rijn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Tellkins misses its target.
Van Rijn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Tellkins counter with a right hand.
Tellkins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Van Rijns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tellkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Rijn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Rijn connects with a looping right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Rijn. That's going to slow Tellkins down.
Tellkins avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a right hand
and Tellkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Van Rijn tries to keep at a distance but Tellkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Rijn is working Tellkins over against the ropes.
Tellkins misses with some punches.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Tellkins controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn blocks a body shot from Tellkins.
Van Rijn blocks an uppercut.
Tellkins lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellkins controls his hands.
Van Rijn taking a breather.
Van Rijn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Tellkins.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tellkins controls his hands.
Tellkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rijn blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn tries to work over Tellkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tellkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Rijn's elbow.
Tellkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Rijn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick from Van Rijn misses.
Van Rijn throws out a powerful jab.
Tellkins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tellkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Rijn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tellkins connects with a nice looking jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Darren Tellkins.
I think Tellkins 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Darren Tellkins!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Darren Tellkins!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Darren Tellkins!
Darren Tellkins wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Darren Tellkins stared into the camera and said 'ha ha ha mike u got lucky the first time u dumb mf'.
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