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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Benny Anderson (ranked 5006 p4p, 5605 weight class) and Rolly Blanco (ranked 472 p4p, 512 weight class). Rolly Blanco has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benny Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rolly Blanco!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson scores with a decent looking hook.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Rolly Blanco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanco looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
No joy there for Blanco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Blanco 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.
Blanco looks to land a combination. Anderson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Anderson wants to slow Blanco down by chopping away at his legs.
Blanco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Anderson feints and then cracks Blanco's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blanco down.
Anderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Anderson throws a jab when Blanco was well out of range.
Blanco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson misses with a kick to the body.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blanco throws out the jab.
Anderson misses with a body kick.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Anderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Blanco is just out of range.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blanco now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Anderson defending well as Blanco loads up on a big left hand.
Blanco lands with a shot to the body.
Blanco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blanco misses with the combination.
Blanco listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blanco avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Anderson misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little jabbing left from Blanco on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blanco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
A slapping body kick lands there for Anderson.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blanco.
Blanco connects with a body shot.
Blanco misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson jabs Blanco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anderson pushes Blanco away with a front kick.
Blanco misses with a body shot.
Anderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blanco's sensitive parts.
Blanco throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blanco digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
Anderson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Rolly Blanco has been cut.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blanco.
Blanco fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blanco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Blanco is out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blanco.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blanco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blanco is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Anderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Blanco catches Anderson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blanco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blanco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blanco digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
Blanco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rolly Blanco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rolly Blanco's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Blanco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good work by Blanco as he checks the leg kick.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blanco.
Blanco misses with a shot to the body
and Anderson counters with a nice leg kick.
Blanco throws a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Anderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blanco has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blanco and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Anderson motions for Blanco to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blanco throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson slips a jab from Blanco.
Blanco lunges at Anderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anderson's hand.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blanco moves out of range as Anderson strikes.
Blanco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blanco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blanco misses with a straight right.
Blanco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blanco throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease.
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Blanco.
Blanco digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
Blanco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Anderson doesn't seem bothered though.
Anderson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rolly Blanco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blanco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Blanco misses with a body shot.
Blanco throws a series of punches but Anderson moves out of range.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Blanco. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Anderson throws a lazy body kick
letting Blanco counter with a right hand.
Good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Blanco can pounce on him.
Blanco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson blocks a jab.
Good shot there by Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range as Blanco strikes.
Anderson scores with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blanco with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanco moves away.
Blanco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anderson circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco misses with a hook.
It looked like Anderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blanco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blanco throws a shot to the body.
Anderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Anderson with the inside leg kick.
Blanco jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blanco throws a jab but it's blocked by Anderson.
Blanco throws a right hand that Anderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Anderson also avoids with ease.
Anderson throwing a counter right hand but Blanco manages to avoid it.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Blanco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Anderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blanco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blanco tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Anderson slips a jab and a cross from Blanco.
Anderson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blanco takes a step back to recover.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rolly Blanco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rolly Blanco's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Anderson lands with a straight right. Blanco didn't see that one coming.
Anderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blanco now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Anderson connects with an inside leg kick.
Anderson staying out of range there.
Anderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blanco throws out the jab.
Blanco misses with an uppercut.
Anderson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blanco checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Anderson connects with a high kick.
Blanco throws a low kick but it's checked well by Anderson.
Anderson misses with the body kick
and Anderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blanco scores with a body shot.
Anderson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blanco throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Anderson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Blanco checks a leg kick.
Anderson thuds his shin into the meat of Blanco's side.
Blanco punishes Anderson's body with a nice straight punch.
Blanco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blanco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blanco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anderson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Blanco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blanco throws a lazy right hand but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anderson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blanco moves out of range as Anderson throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Blanco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blanco blocks a head kick by Anderson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A leg kick checked by Blanco.
Blanco throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blanco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Anderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anderson throws the kick towards the body but Blanco avoids it.
Blanco misses with an uppercut.
Benny Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Blanco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blanco is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blanco clobbers Anderson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blanco throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Blanco.
Anderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanco was well out of range. Poor timing from Anderson.
Anderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blanco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Blanco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Rolly Blanco is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Blanco's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice uppercut there from Blanco.
Blanco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Blanco misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Anderson misses its intended target.
Blanco jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Anderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blanco looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blanco with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rolly Blanco.
Well Blanco 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rolly Blanco!
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