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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Iaspero Yalixqua (ranked 22698 p4p, 1785 weight class) and Logan Justis (ranked 631 p4p, 257 weight class). Yalixqua comes into the arena with Stop This Flame blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iaspero Yalixqua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Justis!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yalixqua lands with an overhand left.
Yalixqua scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yalixqua has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Zoo in the buildup to the fight.
Justis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yalixqua misses with a hook
and Justis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Iaspero Yalixqua has been cut.
Justis moves out of range as Yalixqua strikes.
Yalixqua lands a glancing blow to the side of Justis's head.
A shot to the body from Yalixqua misses
and Justis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yalixqua thinking.
Yalixqua misses with a wild body shot.
Yalixqua throws a body shot but no joy.
Yalixqua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yalixqua tries to clinch up but Justis circles away and keeps his distance.
Yalixqua misses with a low kick.
Yalixqua cracks Justis with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Yalixqua as he connects with a hook.
Justis swings for the body but Yalixqua moves out of range.
Yalixqua swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Justis to counter with a crisp jab.
Yalixqua misses with an uppercut. Justis saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yalixqua.
Yalixqua misses with a lunging right hand
and Justis counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Yalixqua to the mat! Justis runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Yalixqua is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!
Yalixqua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yalixqua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yalixqua lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yalixqua lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yalixqua lands a slapping body shot.
Yalixqua with a nice calf kick.
Yalixqua throws a low kick, looking for Justis's leg but Justis calmly moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justis scores with a nice right hand.
Yalixqua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Justis, pushing him back against the ropes.
Justis manages to break the clinch.
Yalixqua swings away with a body shot that misses
and Justis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justis takes a swing at Yalixqua's ribcage but misses.
Justis 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.
Nice body kick there by Yalixqua.
Justis avoids the body shot from Yalixqua.
Despite the aggression on Justis's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Yalixqua scores with a hook to the body. Justis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yalixqua tries to clinch but Justis is having none of it.
Justis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Yalixqua with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice straight punches there by Yalixqua. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yalixqua.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick
and Yalixqua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yalixqua.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Iaspero Yalixqua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iaspero Yalixqua's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yalixqua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Yalixqua misses
and Justis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Justis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yalixqua throws a right hand that misses
and Justis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yalixqua 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 Justis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Justis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yalixqua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Justis just misses with a punch to the body.
Justis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yalixqua fires out a quick counter leg kick but Justis just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yalixqua pushes Justis up against the ropes in a clinch.
Yalixqua lands a body shot.
Yalixqua tries a body shot but Justis blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yalixqua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yalixqua tries to work over Justis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Justis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua throws a head punch that misses.
Justis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yalixqua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Justis can do to turn this around?
Yalixqua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Justis prevents a body shot from Yalixqua.
Yalixqua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yalixqua looking to slow down the pace here.
Yalixqua working aggressively here.
Justis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yalixqua moves to clinch but Justis breaks away
letting Justis counter with a right hand.
Yalixqua misses with a body punch
and Justis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yalixqua catches Justis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yalixqua misses with a body kick.
Yalixqua misses with the body kick
enabling Justis to counter with a crisp jab.
Justis drops his hands momentarily and Yalixqua takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justis misses the shot to the body.
Yalixqua defending well as Justis loads up on a big left hand.
Yalixqua misses with a straight left.
Yalixqua misses with a hook. Justis ducked under it 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 Iaspero Yalixqua will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iaspero Yalixqua'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. This is the final round!
Yalixqua misses with a body shot.
Justis throws a big counter head kick but Yalixqua avoids it with no problem.
Yalixqua takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yalixqua takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Justis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Justis misses.
Logan Justis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yalixqua throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Yalixqua throws a head kick but Justis moves out of range.
Justis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Justis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Justis blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yalixqua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Justis checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice shot by Yalixqua.
Justis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yalixqua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yalixqua.
Justis takes a swing at Yalixqua's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yalixqua.
Yalixqua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Justis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yalixqua thows a leg kick but Justis checks it
and Justis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yalixqua throws a leg kick which misses Justis's front leg but catches the back leg as Justis tries to avoid it.
Yalixqua is looking to land body kicks.
Iaspero Yalixqua is winning the standup battle so far.
Yalixqua fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yalixqua fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Justis checks it well.
Yalixqua throws out a loose jab but Justis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yalixqua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yalixqua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Justis.
Justis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Justis 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.
Yalixqua throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yalixqua throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yalixqua listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Justis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Iaspero Yalixqua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justis looks to score with a jab to the body but Yalixqua is just out of range.
Yalixqua scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yalixqua dips to his left and cracks Justis with an uppercut!
Iaspero Yalixqua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yalixqua tried to score with a low kick but Justis checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iaspero Yalixqua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yalixqua 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Iaspero Yalixqua!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Iaspero Yalixqua!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Iaspero Yalixqua!
Iaspero Yalixqua wins by unanimous decision!
Iaspero Yalixqua thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Logan Justis stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well shit'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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