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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlos Narvaez (ranked 1357 p4p, 3260 weight class) and Gordon Masten (ranked 116 p4p, 259 weight class). Narvaez's entrance music is Ñetas for Life - Anvesh Mallick. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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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 17 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Narvaez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gordon Masten!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narvaez looks to land a left hand but Masten moved out of range nicely.
Narvaez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Narvaez throwing a counter right hand but Masten manages to avoid it.
Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masten tries to land a front kick but Narvaez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Narvaez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Masten wants to slow Narvaez down by chopping away at his legs.
Masten fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Narvaez checks it well.
Masten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Masten throws a leg kick but Narvaez checks it.
Narvaez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Narvaez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Masten.
Narvaez lands with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masten connects with a leg kick.
A combination from Narvaez does no damage.
Masten looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Masten throws a leg kick
and Narvaez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Masten throws a chopping leg kick but Narvaez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Narvaez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Narvaez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Masten misses with a low kick.
Narvaez checks the leg kick.
Masten scores with a kick to the body.
Narvaez feints and then cracks Masten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Masten down.
Narvaez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Masten.
Masten tries to work over Narvaez's front leg with a kick but Narvaez checks it.
Masten throws a low kick but Narvaez moves out of range easily.
Masten pivots, looking for a leg kick but Narvaez is out of range and Masten settles back down.
Masten takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Masten tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Masten checks the leg kick nicely there.
Narvaez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masten scoring well with a low kick there.
Masten tries to score with a low kick but Narvaez moves his leg out of the way.
Narvaez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masten misses with a leg kick
and Narvaez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Masten scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Narvaez blocks a low kick nicely.
Masten throws a wild body kick that Narvaez sees coming a mile off.
Narvaez lands a nice hook to Masten's body. Masten takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Narvaez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masten moves away.
Masten walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Narvaez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Masten throws a low kick but Narvaez avoids it.
A punch combination from Narvaez misses.
Masten connects with an inside leg kick.
Narvaez connects with an inside leg kick.
Masten throws a low kick but Narvaez avoids it.
Narvaez tried to counter with a leg kick but Masten avoided it.
Masten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Narvaez. That did some damage!
Narvaez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Masten is out of range.
Masten was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Narvaez catches Masten with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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 Carlos Narvaez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Masten moves forwards but Narvaez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Masten misses with a low kick.
Carlos Narvaez is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Masten.
A low kick lands for Masten.
Narvaez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A low kick from Masten misses
and Narvaez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Narvaez scores with a punch to the head.
Narvaez 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.
Masten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Masten will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Narvaez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Masten throws a leg kick but Narvaez moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narvaez blocks a low kick nicely.
Narvaez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Masten lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Narvaez lands a nice shot that snaps Masten's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narvaez moves out of range of the leg kick from Masten.
Masten throws a low kick but Narvaez moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez throws out a loose jab but Masten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez with a nice cross.
Narvaez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Masten throws a leg kick which misses Narvaez's front leg but catches the back leg as Narvaez tries to avoid it.
Masten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Narvaez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Masten.
Masten scoring well with a low kick there.
Masten throws out a leg kick but Narvaez moves out of range and Masten only half commits.
Narvaez misses with a looping right.
Masten connects with an inside leg kick.
Masten throws a body kick that misses.
Masten misses with a low kick.
Masten throws a low kick, looking for Narvaez's leg but Narvaez calmly moves out of range.
Narvaez stuns Masten with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Narvaez as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narvaez lands a jab to Masten's midsection.
Masten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Masten checks a leg kick.
Narvaez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, jab by Narvaez - just one landing.
Gordon Masten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Narvaez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Masten's sensitive parts.
Narvaez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mastens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Narvaez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Masten takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Masten throws a leg kick but Narvaez checks it.
Narvaez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Masten just manages to avoid it.
Narvaez tries to score with a low kick but Masten moves his leg out of the way.
Masten throws a low kick but Narvaez moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A good leg kick by Narvaez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Narvaez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Masten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Masten throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Masten swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Masten chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Masten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Narvaez is able to avoid easily.
Masten connects with a solid leg kick.
Masten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Masten with a nice calf kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narvaez checks a leg kick nicely.
Masten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Narvaez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez throws a leg kick which misses Masten's front leg but catches the back leg as Masten tries to avoid it.
A low kick from Masten is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masten throws a leg kick that misses.
Masten fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Narvaez is out of range.
A low kick from Masten is predictable there
and Narvaez counters with an inside leg kick.
Masten moves away from the strike by Narvaez.
Masten checks a leg kick.
Narvaez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Narvaez looks to throw the jab but Masten is out of range.
Masten appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Narvaez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Narvaez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Narvaez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Masten pushes Narvaez away with a front kick.
Narvaez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Narvaez tries to work over Masten's front leg with a kick but Masten checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Masten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masten throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Narvaez misses with a wild body shot.
Narvaez throws a body shot but no joy.
Narvaez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Masten looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narvaez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Narvaez tenderised Masten's leg. Masten is trying to keep his angry face on.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.
Masten walks into a jab.
Masten throws out a leg kick but Narvaez moves out of range and Masten only half commits.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Narvaez.
Masten walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Narvaez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Narvaez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Masten counters with a nice leg kick.
Good work by Narvaez as he checks the leg kick.
Narvaez checks the leg kick.
Narvaez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Masten just manages to avoid it.
Narvaez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Masten stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Narvaez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Narvaez 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Narvaez!
Carlos Narvaez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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