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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kai Rossiter (ranked 3890 p4p, 24258 weight class) and Islim Makhmud (ranked 399 p4p, 526 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Kai Rossiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Islim Makhmud!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossiter drops his hands momentarily and Makhmud takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rossiter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Makhmud misses with a right hand
and Rossiter counters with a left to the body.
Rossiter tries to clinch but Makhmud moves out of range.
Makhmud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makhmud darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rossiter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makhmud moves away.
Makhmud clobbers Rossiter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rossiter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rossiter tries to clinch there but Makhmud circles away.
It seemed like Makhmud was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rossiter closes the distance looking to clinch
and Makhmud counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Makhmud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Rossiter.
Rossiter wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makhmud uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rossiter.
Nice defenses there by Rossiter.
Rossiter needs to keep his hands up - Makhmud had a free shot at his head there.
Makhmud thuds a left hand into Rossiter's body.
Rossiter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Makhmud throws a hook but Rossiter avoids it easily.
Rossiter moves in looking to clinch but Makhmud pushes him off.
A left lands for Makhmud.
Rossiter tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Makhmud manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rossiter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Rossiter.
Rossiter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makhmud was well out of range. Poor timing from Rossiter.
A little jabbing left from Makhmud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makhmud throws a shot from downtown. Rossiter moves away and avoids it.
Rossiter doesn't manage to clinch there - Makhmud circles away.
Makhmud appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Makhmud connects with a jab.
Rossiter misses with a head kick.
Rossiter lands a jab to Makhmud's midsection.
Rossiter swings widly with a right hand
and Makhmud counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makhmud tests Rossiter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Makhmud scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Makhmud does it's job there.
Makhmud might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rossiter is looking to clinch.
Makhmud connects with a right hand. Rossiter shakes it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Makhmud checks a leg kick.
Makhmud checks a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Rossiter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Islim Makhmud dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice defenses there by Rossiter.
Rossiter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Makhmud connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rossiter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Makhmud misses the shot to the body.
Makhmud throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Makhmud has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rossiter moves in looking to clinch but Makhmud pushes him off.
Rossiter moves in looking to clinch but Makhmud pushes him off.
Rossiter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Makhmud.
Rossiter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rossiter looks to score with a jab to the body but Makhmud is just out of range.
Rossiter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Makhmud checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Makhmud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rossiter.
Makhmud misses with a wild body shot.
Rossiter slips a straight right by Makhmud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossiter clinches up with Makhmud and pushes him back against the ropes.
Makhmud escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Makhmud throws a body shot but no joy.
Makhmud throws a hook but Rossiter blocks it.
Rossiter tries to clinch there but Makhmud circles away.
Rossiter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rossiter moves in looking to clinch but Makhmud pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Makhmud! But no joy.
Rossiter lands with a cross.
Rossiter slips a straight right by Makhmud.
Rossiter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rossiter throws the left hand but Makhmud avoids the punch easily.
Rossiter moves out of range as Makhmud strikes.
Rossiter appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rossiter 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 Makhmud has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Makhmud and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It seemed like Makhmud was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rossiter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter tries to clinch up
and Makhmud counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rossiter tries to clinch up but Makhmud circles away and keeps his distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Makhmud checks a leg kick.
Rossiter throws a push kick but Makhmud slaps the foot to one side.
Rossiter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Makhmud paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Islim Makhmud seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makhmud misses with a looping right.
Rossiter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice body punch from Rossiter.
Rossiter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Makhmud. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Makhmud.
Rossiter is looking to wear down Makhmud with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rossiter tries to clinch up but Makhmud circles away and keeps his distance.
Rossiter drives through and clinches with Makhmud against the ropes.
Makhmud's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Islim Makhmud showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Makhmud throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rossiter walks into a stiff left hand from Makhmud.
Rossiter slips a straight right by Makhmud.
Makhmud misses with a wild combination.
Rossiter thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rossiter lands with a right hand.
Rossiter slips a jab from Makhmud.
Makhmud throws a good cross that connects.
Makhmud feints a jab promting Rossiter to slip. Makhmud then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rossiter slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rossiter wants to clinch up but Makhmud keeps it at a distance.
Makhmud displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch 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!
Rossiter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rossiter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rossiter throws a punch but it's blocked by Makhmud.
Makhmud digs a right hand into Rossiter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rossiter's gas tank.
Kai Rossiter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makhmud misses with a punch to the body.
Makhmud manages to break the clinch.
Makhmud lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Makhmud is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rossiter.
Rossiter throws a leg kick but Makhmud sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Makhmud swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Makhmud throws a series of punches but Rossiter moves out of range.
Rossiter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Makhmud misses with a hook. Rossiter ducked under it nicely.
Rossiter tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Makhmud gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rossiter.
Makhmud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makhmud looks to land a left hand but Rossiter moved out of range nicely.
Rossiter tries to clinch up but Makhmud circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Makhmud! But no joy.
Rossiter misses with a straight right.
Makhmud throws out a counter right but Rossiter avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Makhmud throws a jab but it's blocked by Rossiter.
Makhmud throws a shot to the body.
Rossiter throws a poor cross that misses
and Makhmud counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Makhmud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makhmud swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rossiter.
Rossiter doesn't manage to clinch there - Makhmud circles away.
Makhmud lands a nice looking body shot.
Rossiter tries to clinch but Makhmud moves away
and Makhmud counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Makhmud lands a jab to the nose.
Rossiter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rossiter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good shot there by Rossiter.
Islim Makhmud is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rossiter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
Islim Makhmud comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Makhmud winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Islim Makhmud!
During a confident post fight interview, Islim Makhmud thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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