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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Kamaru Umuhoza (ranked 24581 p4p, 1269 weight class) and Lester Neich (ranked 497 p4p, 140 weight class). Umuhoza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 2Pac- Only God Can Judge Me. Neich has chosen YKWIM? - Yot club as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamaru Umuhoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Neich misses with an uppercut.
Umuhoza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neich.
Umuhoza is looking to chop away at Neich's legs.
Umuhoza throws a low kick, looking for Neich's leg but Neich calmly moves out of range.
Umuhoza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Umuhoza connects with a solid leg kick.
Umuhoza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Neich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Umuhoza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Umuhoza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kamaru Umuhoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Umuhoza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Umuhoza lands a jab to Neich's midsection.
Umuhoza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Neich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umuhoza throws a sloppy head kick
and Neich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Umuhoza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A low kick from Umuhoza misses
and Neich counters with a nice uppercut.
Umuhoza lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That kick from Umuhoza tenderised Neich's leg. Neich is trying to keep his angry face on.
Umuhoza looks to throw the jab but Neich is out of range.
Umuhoza fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Neich checks it well.
Neich throws a counter combo.
Umuhoza misses with a few strikes there.
Neich tries to counter with a clinch but Umuhoza shakes him off and moves away.
Umuhoza throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Umuhoza misses with a low kick as Neich jumps back.
Umuhoza throws a sloppy head kick and Neich moves out of range easily.
Umuhoza pivots, looking for a leg kick but Neich is out of range and Umuhoza settles back down.
Umuhoza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Neich.
Neich tries to close the distance and clinch but Umuhoza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Umuhoza throws out a leg kick but Neich moves out of range and Umuhoza only half commits.
Neich walks into a straight right hand from Umuhoza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Umuhoza looks to land a left hand but Neich moved out of range nicely.
Neich throws out a counter right but Umuhoza avoids it with no problem.
Umuhoza misses with a combination
and Neich counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Umuhoza thinking.
Sloppy strikes from Umuhoza. Those never looked like landing.
Umuhoza throws a head kick that Neich semi-blocks.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Umuhoza's head but Umuhoza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Umuhoza looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Umuhoza clobbers Neich with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Umuhoza misses with a two punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamaru Umuhoza 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.
Neich avoids the head kick by Umuhoza.
Neich 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.
Umuhoza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Umuhoza connects with a leg kick.
Umuhoza throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Neich connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Umuhoza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neich can do to turn this around?
Neich connects with a single shot there.
Neich slips a straight right by Umuhoza.
Kamaru Umuhoza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Umuhoza throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umuhoza throws an off balance right hand
and Neich counters by clinching up.
Neich stalling.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Umuhoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umuhoza tries to break free but Neich pushes him back against the ropes.
The referee calls for Neich to work.
Umuhoza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neich's elbow.
Neich blocking some punches.
Neich scores with a shot to the side of Umuhoza's head.
Umuhoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Neich dodges the punch combination from Umuhoza.
Umuhoza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Umuhoza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Umuhoza as he connects with a hook.
Umuhoza thows a leg kick but Neich checks it
enabling Neich to counter with a crisp jab.
Umuhoza lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neich lands with a cross.
Umuhoza thows a leg kick but Neich checks it
and Umuhoza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've been informed that Neich has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Neich takes one to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Umuhoza.
Neich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Umuhoza avoids the body shot from Neich.
Umuhoza half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Neich.
Neich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neich checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kamaru Umuhoza dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Umuhoza looks to land a left hand but Neich moved out of range nicely.
Umuhoza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Neich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Umuhoza throws a leg kick but Neich checks it.
It seemed like Neich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Umuhoza slips under a jab from Neich.
Neich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Umuhoza. Umuhoza obviously looking to wear him down.
Kamaru Umuhoza is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Umuhoza misses its intended target.
Umuhoza tries to land a leg kick but Neich saw it coming and moves away.
Neich throws a hook but Umuhoza avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umuhoza is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Neich dodges the punch combination from Umuhoza.
Umuhoza misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Neich checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Neich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Umuhoza throws a combination that misses
and Neich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Neich misses.
Umuhoza is looking to counter punch.
Umuhoza misses with the body kick
and Neich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Neich blocking some punches.
Neich has Umuhoza pressed against the ropes, preventing Umuhoza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Neich keeps control of Umuhoza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Neich misses with a punch to the body.
Neich stalling.
Neich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Neich lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neich lands with a left to the head.
Umuhoza blocking some punches.
Neich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Umuhoza is trying to break free.
Neich misses with a body punch.
Neich has a couple of punches blocked by Umuhoza.
Neich is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Umuhoza is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Neich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lester Neich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Umuhoza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kamaru Umuhoza!
A very excited looking Kamaru Umuhoza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Lester Neich was interviewed post fight and said 'Such a brilliant experience this was! Hats off to Kamaru, helluva fighter he is. This ain't the last of me though, in fact I see this KT fight as a new beginning, so I'll see you all soon!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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