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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bobby Santino (ranked 23238 p4p, 21140 weight class) and Thorvald Espensen (ranked 663 p4p, 668 weight class). Santino's entrance music is Daddy Why You Die?. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Santino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thorvald Espensen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espensen clinches up with Santino and pushes him back against the ropes.
Santino throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Espensen prevents a body shot from Santino.
Santino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santino blocks an uppercut.
Espensen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Espensen avoiding damage as Santino throws knees to the body.
Santino misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Santino.
It looks like Thorvald Espensen has been cut.
Santino is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Espensen.
Santino breaks from the clinch.
Santino turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Espensen blocks a jab.
Espensen has managed to clinch.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santino clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santino goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santino moves into the clinch successfully.
Santino breaks the clinch.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espensen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Espensen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Espensen moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santino.
Espensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Santino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santino takes a shot to the head.
Santino manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Espensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santino.
Santino swats away the attempt to clinch by Espensen.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Espensen has Santino up against the ropes in a clinch.
Santino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santino scores with a hook to the body.
Espensen avoids a wild elbow strike from Santino.
A left hand lands to the body for Santino.
Santino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santino lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santino tries a knee to the head but Espensen blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santino misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Santino.
Espensen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Espensen working aggressively here.
Santino taking a breather.
Espensen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santino backwards.
Santino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santino misses with a punch on the inside.
Santino throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Santino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen moves out of range of the body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Santino finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Espensen has managed to clinch.
Espensen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santino.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espensen takes the fight into the clinch.
Espensen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bobby Santino will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thorvald Espensen's cut.
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.
Santino takes the fight into the clinch.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santino softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Espensen misses with the head strike.
Espensen blocking some punches.
Santino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espensen tries to clinch but Santino moves out of range.
Santino misses with a body shot.
Santino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Espensen pushes Santino up against the ropes in a clinch.
Santino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Espensen is defending well for now.
Santino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santino blocks an uppercut.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Santino.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Espensen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santino.
Santino misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santino lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Espensen misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santino.
Santino is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thorvald Espensen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Santino lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santino is leaning against Espensen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santino working aggressively here.
Santino misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Espensen fails to land.
Santino misses with the head strike.
Santino tries to throw a body punch but Espensen avoids it by throwing Santino back against the ropes.
Espensen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Espensen forces Santino back against the ropes and clinches.
Espensen working aggressively here.
Espensen blocks an uppercut.
Santino lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Espensen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santino breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espensen moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Espensen prevents a body shot from Santino.
Santino breaks the clinch.
Santino gets tackled into the ropes by Espensen. Espensen maintains the clinch.
Santino unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Santino breaks from the clinch.
Espensen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Santino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Espensen can do to turn this around?
Santino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Espensen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santino connects with a single shot there.
Santino swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Espensen closes the distance but Santino moves to the side
and Santino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thorvald Espensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Santino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santino throws a counter high kick but Espensen was just alert enough to avoid it.
Espensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santino lands a nice leg kick that just misses Espensen's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Espensen has closed the distance and engaged Santino in a clinch.
Santino working aggressively here.
Santino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Santino dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thorvald Espensen's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Santino moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thorvald Espensen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from Santino. Those never looked like landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Santino.
Espensen closes the distance and pushes Santino back into the ropes.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Espensen fails to land.
Santino manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Santino both land. Nice combination.
Espensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Santino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Espensen tries to clinch up.
Espensen is looking to clinch but Santino is avoiding it.
A low kick lands for Santino.
A slow jab from Espensen misses its intended target.
Espensen clinches.
Santino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Espensen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Espensen working aggressively here.
Santino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santino scores with a sloppy right hand. Espensen should have avoided that one.
Espensen drops his hands momentarily and Santino takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bobby Santino is winning the standup battle so far.
Espensen pushes Santino up against the ropes in a clinch.
Espensen misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espensen has a couple of punches blocked by Santino.
Santino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Espensen blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Espensen.
Santino misses with a body punch.
Santino is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A head punch on the inside from Santino fails to land.
Espensen working aggressively here.
Santino tries to land knees in the clinch but Espensen avoids the damage to the body.
Espensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Santino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santino tries to work over Espensen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Santino.
Espensen throws a head punch that misses.
Espensen misses with some punches.
Espensen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Espensen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santino trying to land knees to the body.
Santino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espensen tries to clinch up
and Santino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Espensen moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santino misses with a knee to the head.
Santino breaks from the clinch.
Espensen misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Espensen misses with a straight left.
Espensen moves out of range of the body kick from Santino.
Espensen pushes Santino up against the ropes in a clinch.
Espensen misses with a punch on the inside.
Espensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santino lands a left hand.
Santino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santino rushes Espensen and presses him up against the ropes.
A short right from Espensen on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Espensen fails to land.
Santino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espensen tries to clinch but Santino is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Espensen has closed the distance and engaged Santino in a clinch.
Santino lands a hook that snaps the head of Espensen backwards.
A short left from Santino.
A nice left hand lands by Santino.
Santino is trying to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Santino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santino, 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Santino!
A less than humble Bobby Santino misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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