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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Leon Bowser (ranked 5628 p4p, 5831 weight class) and Conrad Knightley (ranked 294 p4p, 426 weight class). Bowser comes to the ring accompanied by House Of Pain - Jump Around. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon Bowser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Conrad Knightley!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bowser jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knightley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bowser lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bowser loads up on a big right hand but Knightley slips the punch.
Knightley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bowser.
Bowser lands with an overhand left.
Knightley blocks a jab.
Knightley scores with a shot to the body.
Bowser throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knightley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bowser misses with an uppercut.
Knightley throws a head kick but Bowser moves out of range.
Bowser misses with a straight left.
Nice shot lands for Bowser.
Bowser swings for the body but Knightley moves out of range.
Bowser throws a poor cross that misses
and Knightley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bowser's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowser throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knightley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knightley throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Bowser misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Knightley.
Bowser with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bowser looks to score with a jab to the body but Knightley is just out of range.
Bowser throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knightley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leon Bowser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowser with a nice cross.
Knightley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knightley misses with a body kick.
Knightley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Bowser.
A swing and a miss from Bowser.
Knightley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bowser throws the left hand but Knightley avoids the punch easily.
Knightley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bowser fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bowser keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knightley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bowser under the eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowser misses with an uppercut.
Bowser throws a series of punches but Knightley avoids them all with ease.
Bowser misses with a lunging right hand
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick.
Knightley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bowser.
Bowser throws a poor cross that misses
and Knightley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bowser throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knightley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knightley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bowser.
Bowser connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bowser misses with a body shot.
Knightley follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Knightley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bowser.
Knightley is trying to counter with his kicks.
Knightley tries a low kick but Bowser avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowser lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knightley defending well as Bowser loads up on a big left hand.
A combination from Bowser does no damage.
Bowser misses with an uppercut. Knightley saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Bowser dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Knightley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knightley scoring well with a low kick there.
A swing and a miss from Bowser.
Bowser missing with a left hand there. Knightley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bowser closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bowser throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knightley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knightley motions for Bowser to come forward. Knightley throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knightley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knightley ducks under a wild hook from Bowser.
Knightley throws out a counter right but Bowser avoids it with no problem.
Nice cross by Bowser.
Knightley missing with a left hand there. Bowser was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowser steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knightley. That one must have hurt.
Bowser pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bowser lands with a straight right. Knightley didn't see that one coming.
Bowser misses with a hook. Knightley ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bowser misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Knightley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowser lands a lovely overhand right.
Knightley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bowser jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knightley misses with a looping left.
Bowser missing with a left hand there. Knightley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knightley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knightley tests Bowser's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Leon Bowser is winning the standup battle so far.
Bowser throws a looping overhand right but Knightley ducks down to avoid it.
Bowser misses with an uppercut.
Bowser misses with an uppercut.
Knightley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowser. Knightley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Bowser.
Bowser misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knightley.
Bowser takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bowser uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knightley.
Bowser is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knightley staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bowser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knightley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knightley staying out of range there.
Bowser jabs Knightley right on the nose. Knightley blinks but takes it well.
Bowser misses with a looping left.
Bowser staying out of range there.
Bowser jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knightley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knightley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knightley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice shot by Bowser.
An inside leg kick lands from Knightley.
Good work by Bowser as he checks the leg kick.
Knightley is looking to slow Bowser down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowser ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Bowser misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Bowser dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Knightley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Knightley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Knightley. Bowser shrugs it off though.
Bowser is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knightley can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Knightley.
Knightley is looking to score with low kicks.
Bowser misses with an uppercut. Knightley saw that one coming.
Knightley looks for the body kick but Bowser saw that one coming.
Knightley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knightley misses with a body kick.
Bowser lands with a right hand.
A jab from Bowser misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowser misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowser misses the target.
Bowser misses with a hook. Knightley ducked under it nicely.
Knightley tries a quick counter leg kick but Bowser is wise to it.
Bowser throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knightley moves out of range as Bowser strikes.
Knightley was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley throws a leg kick that misses.
Bowser ducks under a wild hook from Knightley.
Bowser throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bowser misses with an uppercut. Knightley saw that one coming.
Knightley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bowser misses with an uppercut.
Knightley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bowser misses with a wild body shot.
Knightley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bowser is able to avoid easily.
Bowser is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knightley slips under a jab.
Knightley connects with a crisp jab.
Bowser throws a hook but Knightley blocks it.
Bowser tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A combination from Bowser does no damage.
Bowser throws a body punch but Knightley moves out of range.
Knightley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bowser.
Bowser swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowser throws the left hand but Knightley avoids the punch easily.
Bowser seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A bone on bone clash there as Bowser blocks the leg kick.
Bowser avoids the body shot from Knightley.
Knightley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowser misses with a looping right.
Knightley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowser throws a lazy uppercut
and Bowser takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knightley throws a looping overhand right but Bowser ducks down to avoid it.
Bowser scores with a hook.
Bowser misses with a body shot
and Knightley counters with a right hand to the body.
Knightley throws an off balance right hand
and Bowser counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bowser throws an overhand right that lands on Knightley's shoulder, as Knightley tries to avoid the shot.
Knightley looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowser is just out of range.
Leon Bowser is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knightley throws a low kick but Bowser avoids it.
Knightley with the inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Leon Bowser.
Well Bowser 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Bowser!
Leon Bowser 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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