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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Dave Wearmouth (ranked 2590 p4p, 20716 weight class) and Thorvald Espensen (ranked 343 p4p, 596 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Dave Wearmouth has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dave Wearmouth seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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9 - 9 - 1 |
World class boxer
Granite chin
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Granite chin
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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 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Wearmouth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thorvald Espensen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Wearmouth.
Espensen closes the distance and clinches.
Wearmouth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Thorvald Espensen has been cut.
Wearmouth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wearmouth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wearmouth misses with a punch on the inside.
Wearmouth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wearmouth lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Wearmouth's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wearmouth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wearmouth misses with a punch on the inside.
Espensen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Espensen lands a right hand.
Wearmouth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wearmouth blocking some punches.
Wearmouth missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Espensen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wearmouth swings wildly with an uppercut but Espensen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Espensen.
Espensen avoids a wild elbow strike from Wearmouth.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Wearmouth.
Espensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Espensen fails to land.
Wearmouth misses with an elbow strike.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wearmouth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Espensen misses with the head strike.
A short right from Espensen.
Wearmouth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Espensen or not.
Wearmouth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Espensen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth lands a shoulder strike.
Wearmouth lands with a right to the head.
Wearmouth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Espensen's defenses.
Wearmouth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wearmouth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wearmouth blocking some punches.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Wearmouth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Espensen.
Wearmouth connects with a knee to the head.
Wearmouth working aggressively here.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Espensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wearmouth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wearmouth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wearmouth missing with knees to the body.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Espensen working aggressively here.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Wearmouth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Espensen's elbow.
Wearmouth lands with a light punch inside.
Wearmouth tries to land knees in the clinch but Espensen avoids the damage to the body.
Wearmouth lands a left hand.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wearmouth tries a body shot but Espensen blocks it.
Wearmouth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wearmouth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wearmouth lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Espensen backwards.
Wearmouth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Espensen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wearmouth misses with an elbow over the top.
Wearmouth has a couple of punches blocked by Espensen.
Wearmouth lands an elbow just above Espensen 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wearmouth's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Wearmouth.
Espensen misses with some punches.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Espensen.
Wearmouth lands an elbow that stopped Espensen in his tracks for a moment.
Espensen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wearmouth connects with a knee to the head.
Espensen blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Wearmouth on the inside.
Wearmouth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Espensen backwards.
Wearmouth scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Espensen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Wearmouth scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Espensen.
Knees to the body from Wearmouth.
Espensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wearmouth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wearmouth lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Espensen backwards.
A short right from Wearmouth on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wearmouth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Wearmouth misses with the head strike.
Wearmouth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Espensen.
Wearmouth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wearmouth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Espensen backwards.
Espensen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wearmouth looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wearmouth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Wearmouth.
Wearmouth tries a knee to the head but Espensen blocks it.
Wearmouth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Espensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Espensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wearmouth uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Espensen.
Espensen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wearmouth scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Wearmouth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thorvald Espensen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wearmouth is looking to slow Espensen down with leg kicks.
Wearmouth scores with a sloppy right hand. Espensen should have avoided that one.
Espensen is rocked!
Wearmouth and Espensen are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Wearmouth throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Espensen into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Wearmouth knows it - he's on the ropes flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dave Wearmouth!
Dave Wearmouth spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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