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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Leonidas Nikopolidis (ranked 5300 p4p, 24518 weight class) and Stan Young (ranked 576 p4p, 636 weight class). Nikopolidis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, De Ginetei. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonidas Nikopolidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stan Young!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikopolidis has closed the distance and engaged Young in a clinch.
Young working aggressively here.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Nikopolidis has him pressed against the ropes.
Young is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leonidas Nikopolidis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nikopolidis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nikopolidis.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nikopolidis as Young tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Nikopolidis has him pressed against the ropes.
Nikopolidis is working Young over against the ropes.
Nikopolidis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nikopolidis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikopolidis clinches up against the ropes.
Young tries a body shot but Nikopolidis blocks it.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Nikopolidis blocks with his arms.
Young is trying to break free.
Nikopolidis lands a nice elbow.
Nikopolidis lands an elbow inside that Young shrugs off.
It looks like Stan Young has been cut.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Nikopolidis won't allow it.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Nikopolidis gets an underhook and turns Young into the ropes.
Nikopolidis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nikopolidis clinches up with Young and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch.
Nikopolidis connects with a high kick.
Young tries to keep at a distance but Nikopolidis has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Nikopolidis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nikopolidis moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nikopolidis takes the fight into the clinch.
Nikopolidis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nikopolidis blocks an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonidas Nikopolidis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stan Young's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A head kick from Nikopolidis lands but Young takes it in his stride.
Nikopolidis scores with a three punch combo!
Nikopolidis moves into the clinch.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nikopolidis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Young.
Nikopolidis scores with a head kick. Young tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nikopolidis gets a clinch.
Nikopolidis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikopolidis scores with a head kick. Young tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nikopolidis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nikopolidis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikopolidis breaks from the clinch.
Nikopolidis lands a high kick!
Young rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nikopolidis moves into the clinch.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Nikopolidis blocks with his arms.
Young taking a breather.
Nikopolidis is stalling here.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Nikopolidis gets an underhook and turns Young into the ropes.
Nikopolidis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nikopolidis ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Nikopolidis throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Leonidas Nikopolidis is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikopolidis sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nikopolidis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Nikopolidis forces Young back against the ropes and clinches.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young can't break the clinch.
Nikopolidis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Young's efforts to push away.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch.
Nikopolidis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leonidas Nikopolidis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nikopolidis has Young up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikopolidis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonidas Nikopolidis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stan Young's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nikopolidis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nikopolidis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Nikopolidis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young looks to throw the jab but Nikopolidis is out of range.
Nikopolidis seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nikopolidis rushes Young and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch.
Nikopolidis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nikopolidis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Young, pushing him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young cracks Nikopolidis with a nice body shot.
Nikopolidis keeps control of Young as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nikopolidis manages to break the clinch.
Nikopolidis thuds his shin into the meat of Young's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikopolidis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Nikopolidis keeps control of Young as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nikopolidis works on Young's body with a couple of short punches.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nikopolidis moves into the clinch.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Nikopolidis avoids the damage to the body.
Young tries to break free but Nikopolidis pushes him back against the ropes.
Nikopolidis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a right hand that misses
and Nikopolidis counters with a three punch combo that has Young backing up. Young nods at Nikopolidis to acknowledge the strikes.
Nikopolidis clinches with his opponent.
Nikopolidis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nikopolidis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young misses with a hook.
Nikopolidis moves into the clinch.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nikopolidis has Young pushed against the ropes.
Nikopolidis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stan Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nikopolidis moves out of range as Young strikes.
Nikopolidis appears to be looking for a big counter.
Leonidas Nikopolidis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nikopolidis!
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonidas Nikopolidis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nikopolidis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonidas Nikopolidis!
Leonidas Nikopolidis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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FIGHT
RATING
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