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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Dutch Schultz (ranked 19358 p4p, 18394 weight class) and Juan Fonseca (ranked 587 p4p, 581 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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20 - 27 - 3 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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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 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dutch Schultz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 27 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Fonseca!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Schultz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fonseca is defending well for now.
Schultz misses with a body punch.
Fonseca tries to break the clinch but Schultz is controlling the position.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fonseca can't break the clinch.
Schultz pushes Fonseca back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schultz misses with some punches.
Schultz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
Fonseca is trying to break free.
Schultz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schultz scores with a shot to the side of Fonseca's head.
Fonseca wants to break free but Schultz has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fonseca.
Schultz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fonseca has had enough of the clinch but Schultz keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Schultz.
Schultz can't find room to land a body shot as Fonseca controls the action.
Schultz lands a body shot.
Fonseca wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schultz has him pressed against the ropes.
Fonseca wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fonseca.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schultz trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schultz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
Fonseca takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short uppercut from Schultz.
Schultz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fonseca.
Fonseca is trying to break the clinch but Schultz is controlling him.
Schultz lands a left hand.
Fonseca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schultz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fonseca breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Schultz throws a looping overhand right but Fonseca ducks down to avoid it.
Fonseca lands with a good body shot.
Fonseca digs a good hook to Schultz's body.
Fonseca has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Schultz is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Schultz clinches up with Fonseca and pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fonseca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fonseca manages to break the clinch.
Schultz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fonseca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fonseca misses the jab.
Schultz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca swats away the attempt to clinch by Schultz.
Fonseca throws an overhand right that lands on Schultz's shoulder, as Schultz tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick from Fonseca, right into the meat of the thigh.
Schultz clinches.
Schultz has a couple of punches blocked by Fonseca.
Schultz lands with a left to the head.
Schultz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schultz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schultz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fonseca is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fonseca.
Fonseca blocking some punches.
Fonseca breaks from the clinch.
Schultz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fonseca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fonseca throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schultz.
Fonseca thuds a left hand into Schultz's body.
Schultz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Schultz pushes Fonseca up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fonseca wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dutch Schultz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Schultz wants to clinch.
Schultz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fonseca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schultz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Schultz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Schultz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fonseca, pushing him back against the ropes.
Fonseca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fonseca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schultz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fonseca.
Schultz throws a wild body kick that Fonseca sees coming a mile off.
Fonseca appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fonseca connects with a body shot.
Schultz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schultz closes the distance and pushes Fonseca back into the ropes.
Fonseca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fonseca wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Schultz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fonseca can do to turn this around?
A nice left hand lands by Schultz.
Schultz scores with a shot to the side of Fonseca's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schultz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fonseca misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schultz.
Fonseca managing to block the knees to the body from Schultz.
Schultz lands with a short shot to the head.
Schultz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schultz lands a knee to the body.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schultz is working Fonseca over against the ropes.
Schultz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schultz tries to land knees in the clinch but Fonseca avoids the damage to the body.
Schultz looking to throw knees to the head but Fonseca is blocking nicely.
Fonseca is trying to break the clinch but Schultz is controlling him.
Fonseca blocks an uppercut.
Fonseca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fonseca tries to break free but Schultz pushes him back against the ropes.
Fonseca lands with a right to the head.
Schultz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schultz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schultz tries a body shot but Fonseca blocks it.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fonseca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Schultz.
Schultz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fonseca's face.
It looks like Juan Fonseca has been cut.
Fonseca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schultz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fonseca.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fonseca. Schultz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Juan Fonseca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fonseca lands the left hand.
Fonseca throws the left hand but Schultz avoids the punch easily.
Schultz lands an overhand right.
Fonseca misses with a two punch combination.
Schultz avoids the head kick by Fonseca.
Schultz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schultz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schultz clinches.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Fonseca takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dutch Schultz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juan Fonseca's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Fonseca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schultz moves away.
Juan Fonseca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fonseca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schultz tries to clinch there but Fonseca circles away.
Schultz is looking to clinch.
Fonseca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Schultz doesn't manage to clinch there - Fonseca circles away.
Schultz moves into the clinch.
Dutch Schultz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Schultz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fonseca blocks it with crossed arms.
Schultz working aggressively here.
Fonseca misses with some punches.
Fonseca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Schultz.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fonseca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fonseca wants to break the clinch but can't.
Schultz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fonsecas head.
Schultz blocking some punches.
Fonseca tries a body shot but Schultz blocks it.
Fonseca is trying to break free.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fonseca avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fonseca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schultz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Schultz connects with a knee to the head.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but Fonseca blocks with his arms.
Schultz trying to land knees to the body.
Schultz scores a nice knee to the body.
Fonseca takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schultz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fonseca's efforts to push away.
Schultz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schultz looking to throw knees to the head but Fonseca is blocking nicely.
Schultz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Fonseca as the two fighters clinch.
Dutch Schultz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fonseca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Schultz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schultz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hand to the body from Schultz.
A shot in the inside from Schultz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schultz lands a good knee to the midsection. Fonseca won't want to take too many of those.
Schultz misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fonseca misses with some punches.
Schultz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fonseca blocking some punches.
Fonseca tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Fonseca back against the ropes.
Schultz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fonseca has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Schultz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fonseca backwards.
A short left from Schultz.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Fonseca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fonseca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schultz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz lands with a short shot to the head.
Schultz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fonseca wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schultz has him pressed against the ropes.
Schultz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Schultz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dutch Schultz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schultz, 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Dutch Schultz!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Dutch Schultz!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Dutch Schultz!
Dutch Schultz wins by unanimous decision!
Dutch Schultz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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