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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dirk Van Beest (ranked 2756 p4p, 2404 weight class) and Alec Harvey (ranked 255 p4p, 226 weight class). Harvey is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Choke. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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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 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Van Beest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alec Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Beest takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harvey takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Beest slips a jab and a cross from Harvey.
Harvey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Beest sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
Harvey cracks Van Beest with a good jab.
Van Beest moves out of range as Harvey strikes.
Van Beest closes the distance and pushes Harvey back into the ropes.
Van Beest lands an elbow inside.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Van Beest utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Beest is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harvey is defending well for now.
Van Beest tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harvey avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey lands a shot to the body.
Van Beest tries to work over Harvey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harvey lands with a light punch inside.
Van Beest swings wildly with an uppercut but Harvey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Beest throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harveys head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Beest comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike from Van Beest.
A head punch on the inside from Harvey fails to land.
Van Beest tries a knee to the head but Harvey blocks it.
Harvey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Beest lands an elbow inside that Harvey shrugs off.
Van Beest pushes off an throws an elbow but Harvey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Van Beest lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.
Van Beest lands an elbow that stopped Harvey in his tracks for a moment.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Harvey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harvey lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Van Beest.
Harvey digs a right hand into Van Beest's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van Beest's gas tank.
Harvey tries to work over Van Beest's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Beest blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harvey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
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!
Harvey misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harvey.
Van Beest lands a left hand.
Van Beest misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Beest tries to land knees in the clinch but Harvey avoids the damage to the body.
Harvey blocking some punches.
Van Beest landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Beest looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Beest goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Beest lands an uppercut.
Harvey tries to work over Van Beest's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Beest lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harvey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Beest lands an elbow that stopped Harvey in his tracks for a moment.
Van Beest lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Beest.
Harvey misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Beest blocking some punches.
Van Beest works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Beest lands a left hand.
Van Beest is working Harvey over against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Van Beest dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harvey has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Beest.
Jab by Harvey.
Van Beest scores with a jab to the jaw.
Van Beest throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harvey slips a jab and a cross from Van Beest.
Van Beest takes a swing at Harvey's ribcage but misses.
Harvey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harvey throws a looping overhand right but Van Beest ducks down to avoid it.
Harvey tries to bum rush Van Beest with a series of wild strikes but Van Beest uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harvey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Beest moves away.
Harvey throws an overhand right that lands on Van Beest's shoulder, as Van Beest tries to avoid the shot.
Van Beest misses with a wild body shot.
Alec Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Beest pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harvey cracks Van Beest with a good jab.
Harvey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Beest momentarily.
Harvey moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Harvey does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Van Beest.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Beest uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harvey.
Van Beest fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Beest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alec Harvey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Beest attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Beest blocks a jab.
Van Beest staying out of range there.
Van Beest is looking to slow Harvey down with leg kicks.
Harvey throws the left hand but Van Beest avoids the punch easily.
Harvey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Beest stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harvey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harvey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harvey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harvey misses the jab.
Van Beest displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harvey throws out the jab.
Harvey connects with a looping right hand.
Van Beest takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Beest throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Beest instigates a clinch.
Harvey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Beest backwards.
Van Beest connects with a knee to the head.
Van Beest really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harvey pushes Van Beest back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Beest throws a punch but it's blocked by Harvey.
Van Beest works on Harvey's body with a couple of short punches.
Harvey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harvey blocks a body shot from Van Beest.
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Beest lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Van Beest - that landed with a thud.
Van Beest misses with a knee to the head.
Harvey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harvey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Beest.
Van Beest lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harvey can't find room to land a body shot as Van Beest controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dirk Van Beest will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Van Beest throws a push kick but Harvey slaps the foot to one side.
Dirk Van Beest is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice uppercut there from Harvey.
Harvey might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Beest counters with a nice body kick.
Harvey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Beest moves away.
Nice defenses there by Van Beest.
Van Beest fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Beest avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Beest keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harvey.
Van Beest gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harvey.
Harvey avoids the head kick by Van Beest.
A big left from Van Beest misses.
Harvey has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Beest waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harvey.
Harvey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Beest.
Van Beest scores with a decent looking hook.
Harvey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey misses with an uppercut. Van Beest saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Harvey.
Van Beest fires out a quick counter leg kick but Harvey just manages to avoid it.
Van Beest fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Van Beest misses the shot to the body.
Van Beest avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harvey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Beest.
Harvey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harvey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A slow jab from Harvey misses its intended target.
Harvey misses with a right hand
enabling Van Beest to counter with a crisp jab.
Harvey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harvey looks to land a left hand but Van Beest moved out of range nicely.
Van Beest with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harvey gets tackled into the ropes by Van Beest. Van Beest maintains the clinch.
Harvey lands a right hand.
Harvey gets through Van Beest's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Harvey tries to work over Van Beest's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Harvey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Beest blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harvey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harvey lands with a right to the head.
Van Beest lands an elbow inside.
Harvey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harvey tries a body shot but Van Beest blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Harvey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Van Beest 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Van Beest!
Dirk Van Beest gave a mention to KOMBAT KLOTHING in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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