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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kaine Krause (ranked 4555 p4p, 2144 weight class) and Jayson Tatum (ranked 603 p4p, 331 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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29 - 8 - 1 |
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11 - 5 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaine Krause!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jayson Tatum!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krause moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jayson Tatum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatum attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tatum moves away from the strike by Krause.
Krause backing away here, and Tatum unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Krause takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Krause loads up on a big right hand but Tatum slips the punch.
Tatum lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Krause has Tatum up against the ropes in a clinch.
Krause struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatum controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krause.
Krause digs a right hand underneath Tatum's ribcage. Tatum let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Krause has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Krause struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatum controls his hands.
Krause lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jayson Tatum has been cut.
Tatum is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tatum blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause tries to throw a body punch but Tatum avoids it by throwing Krause back against the ropes.
Krause throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krause tries to throw a body punch but Tatum avoids it by throwing Krause back against the ropes.
Krause throws an elbow that misses.
Krause throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krause lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Krause misses with an elbow over the top.
Tatum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Krause lands with a left to the head.
Tatum throws a punch but it's blocked by Krause.
Krause tries to work over Tatum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krause pushes off an throws an elbow but Tatum leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krause.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tatum.
Tatum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krause is keeping busy.
Tatum working aggressively here.
Tatum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Krause as Tatum tries to tie him up.
Krause working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Krause struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatum controls his hands.
Krause cracks Tatum with a nice body shot.
Krause can't find room to land a body shot as Tatum controls the action.
Krause throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tatum taking a breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tatum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Krause on the inside.
Tatum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krause backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tatum scores with a shot to the side of Krause's head.
Krause can't find room to land a body shot as Tatum controls the action.
Krause lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaine Krause dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
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.
Krause tries to clinch up but Tatum circles away and keeps his distance.
Tatum moves out of range of the strikes.
Krause slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tatum. Krause does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krause tries to counter by clinching up but Tatum breaks away and moves out of range.
Krause throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krause throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tatum takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krause misses with a right hand
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krause scores with a punch to the head.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krause ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krause.
Tatum looks for the body kick but Krause saw that one coming.
Krause moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Krause misses with a kick to the body.
Krause throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Tatum.
Tatum moves forwards but Krause connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That has opened up Jayson Tatum's cut even more.
Krause throws an off balance right hand
and Tatum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krause misses with a straight right.
Krause closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Tatum to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws a leg kick that misses.
Tatum blocks a jab.
Tatum missing with a left hand there. Krause was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tatum missing with a left hand there. Krause was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krause is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tatum can do to turn this around?
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!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Krause.
Tatum has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Krause lands a nice looking body kick.
Tatum is breathing heavily.
Krause blocks a low kick nicely.
Krause is looking to counter with a body kick.
Krause throws a push kick but Tatum slaps the foot to one side.
Tatum tries a quick counter leg kick but Krause is wise to it.
Krause misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaine Krause dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
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!
Krause misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jayson Tatum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krause loads up on a big right hand but Tatum slips the punch.
Tatum swings for the body but Krause moves out of range.
Krause on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tatum misses with a lunging right hand
and Krause counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by Tatum as he connects with a hook.
Krause lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatum swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tatum takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tatum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Krause wants to clinch up but Tatum keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tatum! But no joy.
Tatum swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum moves out of range of the body kick from Krause.
Tatum throws a big shot that misses.
Krause was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Tatum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tatum tests Krause's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krause clinches.
Kaine Krause is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Krause struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatum controls his hands.
Tatum misses with a punch to the body.
Tatum misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum is stalling here.
Krause lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krause working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krause keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tatum's efforts to push away.
Tatum throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tatum.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tatum throws a punch but it's blocked by Krause.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tatum.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Krause controls his hands.
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 Kaine Krause.
Well Krause 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 John Roberts scores the fight for Kaine Krause!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Kaine Krause!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Kaine Krause!
Kaine Krause wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Kaine Krause thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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