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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ace Boogie (ranked 23877 p4p, 23901 weight class) and Benjamin Berkley (ranked 298 p4p, 299 weight class). Berkley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. X kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ace Boogie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Berkley!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boogie misses with a hook.
Berkley flicks out a counter leg kick but Boogie steps away.
Nice uppercut there from Boogie.
Boogie slips a jab and a cross from Berkley.
Boogie misses with an uppercut. Berkley saw that one coming.
Berkley missing with a left hand there. Boogie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boogie lands with a cross.
Berkley misses with a leg kick
and Boogie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boogie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berkley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boogie connects with a body shot.
Boogie cracks Berkley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Berkley closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boogie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Berkley's efforts to push away.
Berkley is looking to break free of the clinch but Boogie has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Berkley throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Berkley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Berkley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Ace Boogie has been cut.
Boogie keeps control of Berkley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boogie tries to stall but Berkley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Boogie tries to land knees in the clinch but Berkley avoids the damage to the body.
Berkley lands a nice elbow.
Berkley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Boogie misses.
Berkley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boogie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boogie throws a big shot that misses.
Boogie misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Berkley! But no joy.
Boogie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berkley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boogie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boogie throws a body punch but Berkley moves out of range.
Boogie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berkley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Berkley duly obliges.
Berkley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Boogie.
Berkley tries to clinch but Boogie moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boogie scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Boogie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boogie throws a big counter combination but Berkley scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A punch combination from Berkley misses.
Boogie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Berkley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Berkley scores with a leg kick.
Berkley misses with a low kick.
Berkley is looking to clinch but Boogie is avoiding it.
Boogie blocks a jab.
Boogie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berkley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boogie keeps the fight on the outside.
Boogie is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Boogie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Berkley staying out of range there.
It seemed like Berkley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Berkley's coach down at Zoowie's Funhouse was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Berkley's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Berkley misses the jab.
A quick step to the side and Boogie tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ace Boogie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berkley darts in trying to clinch
and Boogie counters with a nice uppercut.
Berkley moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Boogie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ace Boogie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Boogie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boogie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benjamin Berkley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boogie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Berkley! But no joy.
Nice defenses there by Berkley.
Boogie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Berkley can do to turn this around?
Berkley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Boogie throws a hook but Berkley avoids it easily.
No joy there for Berkley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A left lands for Boogie.
Boogie throws a lazy right hand but Berkley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boogie. Berkley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berkley is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berkley swinging wildly here.
Boogie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berkley in his tracks.
Nice jab there from Boogie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boogie lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boogie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boogie looks to land a combination but Berkley avoids it well.
Berkley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Boogie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Berkley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Berkley clinches up against the ropes.
Boogie lands a hook that snaps the head of Berkley backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Berkley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boogie's brow.
Boogie tries to land knees in the clinch but Berkley avoids the damage to the body.
Boogie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boogie tries to throw a body punch but Berkley avoids it by throwing Boogie back against the ropes.
Boogie stalls.
Berkley is trying to break the clinch but Boogie is controlling him.
Berkley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boogie has him pressed against the ropes.
Boogie blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A short right from Boogie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boogie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berkley's elbow.
Berkley working aggressively here.
Berkley misses with an elbow over the top.
A shot in the inside from Boogie.
Berkley swings wildly with an uppercut but Boogie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boogie struggles to land a body shot inside as Berkley controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Berkley throws an elbow but misses.
Boogie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Boogie.
Berkley closes the distance but Boogie moves to the side
and Boogie counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Berkley misses.
Berkley scores with a nice strike.
Boogie misses with a hook.
Berkley ducks under a wild hook from Boogie.
Berkley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boogie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Boogie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ace Boogie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Boogie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berkley.
Boogie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Berkley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boogie scrambles back to his feet.
Berkley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Berkley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boogie.
Berkley throws a push kick but Boogie slaps the foot to one side.
Boogie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berkley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Boogie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berkley swinging wildly here.
Nice jab there from Boogie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boogie misses with a wild body shot.
Boogie moves out of range of the strikes.
Boogie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boogie throws the left hand but Berkley avoids the punch easily.
Berkley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Berkley misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berkley wants to clinch.
Berkley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boogie.
Boogie slips under a jab from Berkley.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Boogie throws a right hand that Berkley ducks under and follows up with a left that Berkley also avoids with ease.
Boogie works over Berkley's head and body with a nice combination.
Boogie throws a front kick aimed at Berkley's knee but Berkley avoids it well.
Ace Boogie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boogie's corner calls for a 1-2. Boogie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Berkley looks to land a combination but Boogie avoids it well.
Berkley looks to throw the jab but Boogie is out of range.
A slow jab from Boogie misses its intended target.
Despite the aggression on Berkley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Some wild striking there from Boogie.
Berkley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boogie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boogie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Berkley misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berkley tries to close the distance and clinch but Boogie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boogie misses with a straight right.
Berkley takes one on the button.
Berkley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Berkley throws the left hand but Boogie avoids the punch easily.
Benjamin Berkley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berkley slips a straight right by Boogie.
Berkley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boogie looks to land a left hand but Berkley moved out of range nicely.
Berkley unleashes a big counter combination but Boogie bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ace Boogie is winning the standup battle so far.
Berkley is looking to chop away at Boogie's legs.
Berkley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Berkley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ace Boogie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boogie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Ace Boogie!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Ace Boogie!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Ace Boogie!
Ace Boogie wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Ace Boogie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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