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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yukon Cornelius (ranked 5333 p4p, 5184 weight class) and Denzel Thornton (ranked 536 p4p, 528 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 Las Vegas, Yukon Cornelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Denzel Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cornelius wants to clinch.
Thornton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Thornton 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.
Cornelius takes a swing at Thornton's ribcage but misses.
Thornton moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Thornton does no damage.
Thornton lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A left and a right from Thornton both land. Nice combination.
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!
Thornton swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Thornton.
Thornton slips under a jab.
Cornelius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thornton misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Cornelius lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thornton throws a nice looking combination but Cornelius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Cornelius misses.
Thornton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Denzel Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thornton moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cornelius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cornelius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cornelius lands a nice looking body shot.
Cornelius throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thornton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cornelius was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cornelius stuns Thornton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Cornelius scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cornelius takes a swing at Thornton's ribcage but misses.
Thornton fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cornelius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cornelius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thornton.
Thornton throws a combination that misses
and Cornelius connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thornton throws a nice looking combination but Cornelius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thornton looks winded!
Thornton misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Cornelius lands.
Cornelius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thornton circles away quickly and effectively.
Thornton throws a combination that misses
and Cornelius counters with a straight right hand.
Cornelius scores with a nice head shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cornelius darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cornelius is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cornelius is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cornelius lands with a good body shot.
Thornton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cornelius takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thornton tries to bum rush Cornelius with a series of wild strikes but Cornelius uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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 Yukon Cornelius will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
No joy there for Thornton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cornelius with a hook.
Cornelius slips a jab and a cross from Thornton.
Thornton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from Thornton misses.
Thornton tries to move into range but Cornelius moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thornton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cornelius.
Thornton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cornelius.
Cornelius looks to score with a jab to the body but Thornton is just out of range.
Cornelius throws a big shot that misses.
Cornelius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thornton is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Thornton misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cornelius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cornelius lands a jab-cross combination.
Cornelius looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Cornelius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cornelius swings for the body but Thornton moves out of range.
Thornton misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Cornelius both land. Nice combination.
Thornton is breathing heavily.
Cornelius dodges the punch combination from Thornton.
Thornton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cornelius lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cornelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thornton moves away.
Thornton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thornton throws a series of punches but Cornelius moves out of range.
Cornelius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thornton.
Cornelius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yukon Cornelius is winning the standup battle so far.
Cornelius throws a lazy right hand but Thornton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cornelius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thornton.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cornelius, as that shot connected.
Thornton slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cornelius cracks Thornton with a good jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cornelius.
Thornton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cornelius throws a big shot that misses.
Thornton throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Thornton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cornelius looks to throw the jab but Thornton is out of range.
Thornton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cornelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cornelius wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thornton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thornton defending well as Cornelius loads up on a big left hand.
Cornelius scores with a nice right hand.
Cornelius throws a hook to the side of Thornton's head but Thornton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Cornelius misses.
Thornton throws a counter combo.
Thornton misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Cornelius finds it's way through Thornton's defenses.
Cornelius lands a jab to Thornton's midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yukon Cornelius dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Thornton walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cornelius lands a nice shot to the body.
Cornelius looks to score with a jab to the body but Thornton is just out of range.
Thornton is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Thornton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cornelius slips a jab and a cross from Thornton.
Thornton misses with a series of wild punches.
Cornelius has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thornton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cornelius lands a left hand.
Thornton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Cornelius.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cornelius.
Cornelius prevents Thornton from breaking the clinch.
Cornelius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Thornton working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornelius tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cornelius cracks Thornton with a nice body shot.
Cornelius breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thornton throws a combination that misses
letting Cornelius counter with a right hand.
Thornton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thornton misses with a two punch combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Cornelius misses the target.
Thornton throws a right and a left that Cornelius avoids nicely.
As Thornton looks to move away, Cornelius throws a big counter combo but Thornton just gets out of the way.
Thornton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thornton misses with a few strikes there.
Thornton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cornelius counters with a stiff right hand.
Cornelius is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Thornton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cornelius jabs Thornton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cornelius connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cornelius clobbers Thornton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cornelius lands with a hook. Thornton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cornelius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thornton.
Cornelius looks to land a right hand but Thornton moved out of range.
Thornton is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cornelius throws an overhand right that lands on Thornton's shoulder, as Thornton tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Cornelius misses the target.
Thornton is looking for the big counter here.
Cornelius scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thornton doesn't seem bothered though.
Thornton fails to land with a series of punches.
Cornelius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thornton misses with a double jab
and Cornelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thornton defending well as Cornelius loads up on a big left hand.
Cornelius is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thornton can do to turn this around?
Thornton misses with a combination
and Cornelius counters with a straight right hand.
Cornelius jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thornton slips a jab from Cornelius.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thornton misses with a combination
and Cornelius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Denzel Thornton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yukon Cornelius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cornelius wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yukon Cornelius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cornelius 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yukon Cornelius!
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