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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Marco Salamanca (ranked 22512 p4p, 3722 weight class) and Kris Jakua (ranked 663 p4p, 397 weight class). Salamanca comes to the ring accompanied by Superstar Cypress Hill. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kris Jakua!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salamanca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jakua is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Jakua ducks down to avoid it.
Jakua let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jakua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Salamanca wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab lands there for Salamanca.
Salamanca paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jakua blocks a leg kick.
Jakua doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Marco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Salamanca.
Salamanca tries to score with a low kick but Jakua moves his leg out of the way.
Jakua doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Salamanca throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jakua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jakua moves into the clinch.
Salamanca breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jakua works over Salamanca's head and body with a nice combination.
Salamanca takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jakua is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Salamanca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jakua. Jakua circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Salamanca dodges the punch combination from Jakua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca sizes up Jakua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Salamanca throws a shot to the body.
Salamanca tests Jakua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Salamanca looks to score with a jab to the body but Jakua is just out of range.
Jakua rushes Salamanca and presses him up against the ropes.
Salamanca pushes Jakua back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jakua.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jakua.
Salamanca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jakua lands a body shot.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Jakua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looks like Salamanca has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Jakua misses the shot to the body.
Salamanca appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
Salamanca pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jakua is out of range and Salamanca settles back down.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Jakua ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca looks to throw the jab but Jakua is out of range.
Salamanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from Jakua.
Jakua bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salamanca's head backwards.
Salamanca throws an overhand right that lands on Jakua's shoulder, as Jakua tries to avoid the shot.
Jakua scores with a punch to the head.
Salamanca thows a body kick. Jakua tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jakua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Salamanca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jakua misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jakua takes a swing at Salamanca's ribcage but misses.
Salamanca tries to score with a low kick but Jakua moves his leg out of the way.
A countering left hand to the body from Jakua misses.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Jakua ducks down to avoid it.
Jakua tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Salamanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salamanca lands with a right hand.
Jakua lands a nice looking body shot.
Salamanca digs a good body shot into Jakua's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that round.
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.
Salamanca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Jakua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice shot by Salamanca.
Salamanca misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jakua! But no joy.
Jakua lands with a hook. Salamanca tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab lands there for Salamanca.
Jakua tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salamanca.
Jakua avoids the head kick by Salamanca.
Jakua tries to clinch up.
Salamanca connects with an inside leg kick.
Salamanca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jakua! But no joy.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Salamanca takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salamanca throws a punch but it's blocked by Jakua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca sizes up Jakua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jakua moves into the clinch.
Salamanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jakua throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Jakua lands a right hook to the body.
Salamanca throws a lazy right hand but Jakua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jakua throws a body shot but no joy.
Salamanca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca drops his hands momentarily and Jakua takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Jakua.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca throws the kick towards the body but Jakua avoids it.
Salamanca with a jab.
Jakua cracks Salamanca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakua tries to clinch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jakua looks to clinch
enabling Salamanca to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Salamanca. That snapped Jakua's head back.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salamanca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca throws a head kick but Jakua moves out of range.
No joy there for Jakua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jakua just misses with a punch to the body.
Jakua's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sloppy strikes from Jakua. Those never looked like landing.
Jakua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Jakua.
Salamanca throwing a counter right hand but Jakua manages to avoid it.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Jakua misses.
Salamanca wants to land a leg kick but Jakua is out of range.
Salamanca swats away the attempt to clinch by Jakua.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca throws a lazy uppercut
and Jakua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jakua blocks a jab.
Salamanca lands with a nice body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca dominated that second round.
That's time! Salamanca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jakua misses with the combination.
A quick step to the side and Salamanca tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jakua throws a series of punches but Salamanca avoids them all with ease.
Jakua blocks the body kick.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy right hand. Jakua should have avoided that one.
Jakua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marco Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.
Jakua is looking to clinch but Salamanca is avoiding it.
Jakua takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jakua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salamanca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jakua can do to turn this around?
Jakua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Salamanca throws a nice head kick!
Salamanca tries to move into range but Jakua moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jakua closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jakua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jakua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jakua checks a leg kick.
Jakua misses with a hook.
Jakua wants to clinch.
Kris Jakua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jakua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jakua checks a leg kick.
Jakua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salamanca throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca tries a head kick but it misses.
Jakua just misses with a punch to the body.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jakua has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Salamanca.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jakua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
Jakua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salamanca throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Jakua looks to clinch
and Salamanca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jakua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Jakua drops his hands momentarily and Salamanca takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big right from Jakua misses.
Salamanca lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jakua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jakua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salamanca.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Salamanca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Salamanca, 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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