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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Derek Patterson (ranked 2935 p4p, 21464 weight class) and Wesley Taurus (ranked 345 p4p, 550 weight class). Patterson's entrance music is I'm So High. Nashville Pussy. A fine choice. Taurus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Country Boy - Aaron Lewis. Derek Patterson had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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World class boxer
Granite chin
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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 12 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 29 - 4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wesley Taurus!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Francis DeMontford and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Patterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patterson throws a punch but it's blocked by Taurus.
Patterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Patterson tries to work over Taurus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patterson lands a body shot.
Taurus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patterson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Patterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.
Taurus can't break the clinch.
Patterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taurus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taurus working hard to break the clinch.
Patterson tries a body shot but Taurus blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson lands an uppercut.
Patterson lands with a short shot to the head.
Taurus blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
Patterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patterson working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Taurus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Patterson is leaning against Taurus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
Taurus can't break the clinch.
Patterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Taurus backwards.
Patterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taurus blocks an uppercut.
Patterson has a couple of punches blocked by Taurus.
Patterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
Patterson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson struggles to land a body shot inside as Taurus controls his hands.
Taurus takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Patterson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taurus's elbow.
Patterson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tauruss head.
Patterson misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Taurus prevents a body shot from Patterson.
Patterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Patterson.
Patterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taurus blocking some punches.
Taurus wants to stall.
Taurus working hard to break the clinch.
Patterson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Patterson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Patterson throws an overhand right that lands on Taurus's shoulder, as Taurus tries to avoid the shot.
Taurus misses with a straight right.
Taurus scores with a jab to the head.
Patterson misses with a right hand
and Taurus counters with a stiff right hand.
Taurus throws a head kick that misses.
Patterson moves out of range of the body kick from Taurus.
A little feinted left hand from Patterson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Patterson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big left from Patterson misses.
A head kick by Patterson misses
and Taurus counters with a nice uppercut.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taurus moves away.
Taurus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Patterson tries to clinch up.
Patterson tries to land a front kick but Taurus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Patterson looks to land a left hand but Taurus moved out of range nicely.
Patterson moves out of range of the strikes.
Taurus throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson misses with a right hand
and Taurus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Taurus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taurus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Patterson.
Patterson swings for the body but Taurus moves out of range.
Taurus throws a right and a left that Patterson avoids nicely.
Taurus cracks Patterson with a good jab.
Patterson throws a jab but it's blocked by Taurus.
Taurus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wesley Taurus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Patterson moves to clinch but Taurus breaks away
enabling Taurus to counter with a crisp jab.
Taurus misses with an uppercut.
Taurus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Patterson rushes Taurus and presses him up against the ropes.
Taurus can't break the clinch.
Patterson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taurus tries to break free but Patterson pushes him back against the ropes.
Patterson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taurus can do to turn this around?
A short right from Patterson.
Patterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Taurus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Patterson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Taurus is trying to push Patterson away but Patterson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Patterson throws a head punch that misses.
Taurus trying to stall but Patterson improves his position.
Taurus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patterson is keeping busy.
Taurus working Patterson over with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Patterson fails to land.
Patterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taurus blocking some punches.
Patterson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Taurus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Taurus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patterson throws out the jab.
Taurus keeps the fight on the outside.
Patterson tries to clinch up
and Taurus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Patterson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Patterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taurus throws a big counter head kick but Patterson avoids it with no problem.
Patterson looks to land a left hand but Taurus moved out of range nicely.
Taurus moves out of range as Patterson strikes.
Taurus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taurus slips under a jab from Patterson.
Taurus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taurus dips to his left and cracks Patterson with an uppercut!
Patterson throws a hook to the side of Taurus's head but Taurus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patterson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Patterson misses with a hook to the body
and Taurus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taurus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taurus moves away from the strike by Patterson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taurus lands with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Patterson, as that shot connected.
Patterson darts in and clinches Taurus up against the ropes.
Derek Patterson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patterson struggles to land a body shot inside as Taurus controls his hands.
Patterson working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Patterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Patterson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Taurus backwards.
Patterson misses with some punches.
Patterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Taurus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson throws a punch but it's blocked by Taurus.
Patterson lands a shot to the body.
Taurus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Taurus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Patterson misses with some punches.
Patterson lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Taurus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patterson is keeping busy.
Patterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Patterson prevents Taurus from breaking the clinch.
Patterson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patterson throws a head punch that misses.
Taurus tries to circle away but Patterson has him pinned against the ropes.
Taurus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taurus.
Taurus is trying to break free.
Taurus blocks an uppercut.
Taurus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patterson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Patterson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Patterson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 29:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Patterson!
A very excited looking Derek Patterson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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