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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tang Maul (ranked 23770 p4p, 2655 weight class) and Mordecai Sackett (ranked 631 p4p, 306 weight class). Maul comes to the ring accompanied by Somewhere I Belong. This should be fireworks!
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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World class boxer
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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tang Maul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 49 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordecai Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maul uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
Sackett fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Maul checks it well.
Sackett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sackett swings widly with a right hand
and Maul counters with a nice uppercut.
Maul on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sackett. Sackett obviously looking to wear him down.
Sackett throws an overhand right that lands on Maul's shoulder, as Maul tries to avoid the shot.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maul was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Maul moves out of range as Sackett strikes.
Maul appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sackett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sackett connects with a solid leg kick.
Sackett lands a lovely overhand right.
Sackett takes a swing at Maul's ribcage but misses.
Sackett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maul takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Sackett moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Maul tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maul lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sackett lands a slapping body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sackett.
Sackett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maul looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sackett has closed the distance and engaged Maul in a clinch.
Good body shot from Sackett.
Maul lands a body punch.
Maul lands an uppercut.
Sackett blocks an elbow strike.
Sackett lands with a right to the head.
Sackett scores with a shot to the side of Maul's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maul swings wildly with an uppercut but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maul lands a body punch in the clinch.
Maul throws an elbow that misses.
Maul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maul unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sackett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maul.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Sackett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Sackett.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but Maul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maul scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maul throws a punch but it's blocked by Sackett.
Maul gets through Sackett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sackett lands a hook that snaps the head of Maul backwards.
Maul misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sackett.
Maul blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Maul just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sackett's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.
Maul throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by Maul.
Maul blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maul lands a good knee to the midsection. Sackett won't want to take too many of those.
Sackett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maul lands with a short shot to the head.
Maul throws a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Maul.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mordecai Sackett 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.
Sackett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maul doesn't manage to clinch there - Sackett circles away.
A big right from Sackett misses.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sackett tests Maul's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sackett works the jab nicely.
Sackett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Sackett misses its intended target.
Sackett misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maul lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sackett connects with a single shot there.
Maul will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sackett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sackett misses with a lunging right hand
letting Maul counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maul takes the fight into the clinch.
Maul blocks an uppercut.
Maul's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maul with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Maul misses with some punches.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maul creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sackett's defenses.
Maul blocks an uppercut.
Maul tries to land a knee to the head but Sackett blocks with his arms.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maul can't find room to land a body shot as Sackett controls the action.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by Maul.
Sackett misses with the head strike.
Maul misses with an elbow over the top.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maul with a knee to the head.
Sackett has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Maul seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sackett can turn it around.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sackett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maul.
Maul swings wildly with an uppercut but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maul tries a knee to the head but Sackett blocks it.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maul misses with a punch on the inside.
Maul with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sackett.
Maul lands an elbow just above Sackett 's eye.
Maul throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maul struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackett controls his hands.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Maul tries to land knees in the clinch but Sackett avoids the damage to the body.
Sackett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mordecai Sackett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab lands there for Sackett.
Tang Maul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sackett throws a poor cross that misses
and Maul counters with a nice body shot.
Maul lands a jab.
Maul tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Maul throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maul takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Maul tries to clinch up.
Sackett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sackett connects with an inside leg kick.
Maul lands a nice shot that snaps Sackett's head back.
Sackett lands with a shot to the body.
Sackett connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett misses with a right hand
and Maul connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maul jabs at Sackett's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett lands with a cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Maul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maul is looking to counter punch.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Maul saw that one coming.
Maul throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sackett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maul.
Maul on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sackett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maul.
Sackett throws a series of punches but Maul avoids them all with ease.
Maul misses with a straight left.
Maul scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maul cracks Sackett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sackett throws an off balance right hand
enabling Maul to counter with a crisp jab.
Sackett is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett throws out a powerful jab.
Sackett is still on wobbly legs! Can Maul finish him?
Maul swings for the body but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett defending well as Maul loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett seems to have recovered his senses.
Maul missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Maul misses its intended target.
Maul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sackett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice side step and Sackett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Maul misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sackett.
Sackett connects with the punch.
Maul misses with a looping right.
Sackett throws out a counter right but Maul avoids it with no problem.
Maul tries to land a leg kick but Sackett saw it coming and moves away.
Sackett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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 Tang Maul.
I think Sackett has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight for Mordecai Sackett!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Tang Maul!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Mordecai Sackett!
Mordecai Sackett wins by split decision!
Mordecai Sackett decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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