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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Clinton Strong (ranked 24511 p4p, 4335 weight class) and Joao Perez (ranked 368 p4p, 255 weight class). Clinton Strong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clinton Strong !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Perez!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Perez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perez takes a swing at Strong 's ribcage but misses.
Strong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong clinches up against the ropes.
Perez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Perez misses with a knee strike.
Strong tries to land knees in the clinch but Perez avoids the damage to the body.
Strong can't find room to land a body shot as Perez controls the action.
Strong has a couple of punches blocked by Perez.
Perez missing with knees to the body.
Perez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez blocking some punches.
Strong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perez.
Perez is trying to break free.
Perez tries to break the clinch but Strong is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong tries to land knees in the clinch but Perez avoids the damage to the body.
Strong has a couple of punches blocked by Perez.
Perez tries a body shot but Strong blocks it.
Strong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Perez is trying to push Strong away but Strong has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Strong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Strong really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Strong misses with a body punch.
Strong misses with a knee strike.
Perez is trying to break free.
Perez is looking to break free of the clinch but Strong has double underhooks.
Strong throws a head punch that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Perez is looking to break free of the clinch but Strong has double underhooks.
Strong misses with some punches.
Perez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez managing to block the knees to the body from Strong .
Strong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perez managing to block the knees to the body from Strong .
Strong prevents Perez from breaking the clinch.
Perez taking a breather.
Come on Perez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Perez wants to stall.
Perez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Perez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A body shot lands from Strong .
Strong tries to throw a body punch but Perez avoids it by throwing Strong back against the ropes.
Strong has Perez pressed against the ropes, preventing Perez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clinton Strong dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Perez moves into range and clinches up with Strong .
Perez avoiding damage as Strong throws knees to the body.
Perez has had enough of the clinch but Strong keeps him there for the moment.
Strong throws a punch but it's blocked by Perez.
Perez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perez.
Clinton Strong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perez wants to break free but Strong has control.
Strong trying to land knees to the body.
Strong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Perez's efforts to push away.
Strong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Perez blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez is pushing Strong up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Perez tries to break free but Strong pushes him back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Strong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Perez's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong tries a body shot but Perez blocks it.
Strong throws a head punch that misses.
Strong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Strong blocks an uppercut.
Perez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perez managing to block the knees to the body from Strong .
Strong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perez looking to stall.
Strong pushes Perez back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perez is defending well for now.
Strong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Strong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong throws a head punch that misses.
Strong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perez can do to turn this around?
Perez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Perez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Strong throws a head punch that misses.
Strong misses with a knee strike.
Strong keeps control of Perez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Perez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strong lands a knee to the head.
Strong misses with a punch to the body.
Perez wants to get back to striking at distance but Strong won't allow it.
A short right from Strong on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Strong up against the ropes.
Perez blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clinton Strong dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Strong slips under a jab.
Strong wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Perez.
Strong is looking to clinch.
Strong takes the fight into the clinch.
Strong misses with a punch to the body.
Perez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Strong tries to work over Perez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perez is defending well for now.
Strong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Strong up against the ropes.
Perez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Strong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clinton Strong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez blocks a body shot from Strong .
Perez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strong is defending well for now.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Perez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strong is defending well for now.
Strong trying to land knees to the body.
Strong working aggressively here.
Strong tries a body shot but Perez blocks it.
Strong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perez is trying to push Strong away but Strong has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Strong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez wants to get back to striking at distance but Strong won't allow it.
Strong misses with the head strike.
Strong misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Strong .
Perez misses with a punch on the inside.
Strong has Perez pressed against the ropes, preventing Perez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Strong managing to block the knees to the body from Perez.
Strong lands a nice elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Perez is trying to push Strong away but Strong has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Joao Perez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Perez fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clinton Strong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Strong , 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clinton Strong !
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FIGHT
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