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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between En Route (ranked 4663 p4p, 1393 weight class) and Carlos Narvaez (ranked 318 p4p, 123 weight class). Narvaez has chosen Ñetas for Life - Anvesh Mallick as his entrance music. En Route has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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18 - 7 - 2 |
World class boxer
Granite chin
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World class MT
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 20 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, En Route!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Narvaez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Route misses with a hook
and Narvaez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Route's knee momentarily.
Narvaez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Narvaez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Route checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Route tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Narvaez manages to circle out of the way.
Route throws a push kick but Narvaez slaps the foot to one side.
Route fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Narvaez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Narvaez scoring well with a low kick there.
Narvaez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Route's head.
Narvaez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Narvaez lands a leg kick that knocks Route off balance momentarily.
Route keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Route throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Narvaez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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!
Narvaez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Route looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Route looks to score with a jab to the body but Narvaez is just out of range.
Narvaez throws a leg kick but Route moved away.
Narvaez moves out of range as Route throws a body kick.
Narvaez wants to slow Route down by chopping away at his legs.
Narvaez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Route throws an overhand right that lands on Narvaez's shoulder, as Narvaez tries to avoid the shot.
Narvaez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Narvaez tests Route's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Narvaez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Route throws an off balance right hand
and Narvaez counters with an inside leg kick.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez tries to keep at a distance but Route has taken the fight into the clinch.
Narvaez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Route backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Route struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Route working hard to break the clinch.
Narvaez working aggressively here.
Narvaez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narvaez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Narvaez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Route.
Narvaez lands with a short shot to the head.
Route misses with some punches.
Route throws a head punch that misses.
Narvaez misses with a punch on the inside.
Narvaez throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Route.
Route swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Narvaez blocking some punches.
Route misses with a hook from the clinch.
Route misses with a body punch.
Narvaez struggles to land a body shot inside as Route controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Narvaez fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Route keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Narvaez's efforts to push away.
Route has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Narvaez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Narvaez tried to score with a low kick but Route checks it.
Narvaez with a jab.
A big left from Narvaez misses.
Narvaez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Narvaez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Route has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Route uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narvaez.
Route steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Narvaez. That one must have hurt.
Route throws a low kick but Narvaez moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Narvaez.
Route tries to close the distance and clinch but Narvaez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narvaez throws an overhand right that lands on Route's shoulder, as Route tries to avoid the shot.
Route throws a hook but Narvaez avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Route as he connects with a hook.
Narvaez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Narvaez walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Route tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Narvaez slips a jab and a cross from Route.
Route tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Route goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Narvaez feints a counter leg kick.
Narvaez connects with a crisp jab.
Narvaez thows a leg kick but Route checks it
and Route counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Route uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narvaez.
An attempted straight right counter from Route misses the target.
A low kick lands for Narvaez.
Route takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Route uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Narvaez scoring well with a low kick there.
Route throws the kick towards the body but Narvaez avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carlos Narvaez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narvaez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Route's head backwards.
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!
Route pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Route.
Narvaez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Route connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Narvaez scrambles back to his feet.
Route uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Route walks into a left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Narvaez. That's going to slow Route down.
Route scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Narvaez tenderised Route's leg. Route is trying to keep his angry face on.
Route waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Narvaez.
Narvaez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Route with a body shot.
Narvaez sizes up Route with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Route misses with an uppercut. Narvaez saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Narvaez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Narvaez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
En Route has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Route lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Route throws a leg kick but Narvaez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Narvaez throws a solid leg kick but Route takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Narvaez.
Route throws a leg kick that misses.
Narvaez with a nice cross.
Good leg kick by Narvaez.
Route throws a big shot that misses.
Route pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narvaez misses with a straight right.
Route uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.
Narvaez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez scores with a jab. Route acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Narvaez scores with a body shot.
Narvaez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Narvaez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Route gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Route throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Narvaez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Narvaez moves out of range as Route strikes.
Route tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Narvaez.
Narvaez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Route with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.
Narvaez throws a solid leg kick but Route takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Narvaez.
Route is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Route lands a head shot.
Narvaez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Narvaez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Route throws a right and a left that Narvaez avoids nicely.
Route avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Narvaez connects with a leg kick.
That kick from Narvaez tenderised Route's leg. Route is trying to keep his angry face on.
Narvaez misses the shot to the body.
Route throwing a counter right hand but Narvaez manages to avoid it.
Route just misses with a punch to the body.
Route misses with a left hand
and Narvaez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Route tries to work over Narvaez's front leg with a kick but Narvaez checks it.
Narvaez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Narvaez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Narvaez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Narvaez!
Carlos Narvaez 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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energy
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hype
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