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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 1953 p4p, 3510 weight class) and Dean Clarke (ranked 153 p4p, 267 weight class). Farrokhzad kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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145
5 - 4 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dean Clarke!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Chris Dean and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clarke.
Farrokhzad looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clarke throws a poor cross that misses
and Farrokhzad counters with a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands a jab.
It looks like Dean Clarke has been cut.
Farrokhzad on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Clarke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Farrokhzad finds it's way round the side to connect with Clarke's head.
Crunch! Clarke slams his shin into Farrokhzad's torso.
Clarke misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Farrokhzad on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Farrokhzad lands a lovely overhand right.
Clarke scoring well with a low kick there.
Farrokhzad lunges at Clarke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clarke's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrokhzad throws a body shot but no joy.
Clarke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clarke is looking to land body kicks.
Farrokhzad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Farrokhzad lands a nice looking body shot.
A slow jab from Farrokhzad misses its intended target.
It seemed like Clarke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Farrokhzad ducks under a wild hook from Clarke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke looks to land a body kick but Farrokhzad moved away.
Farrokhzad misses with an uppercut.
Farrokhzad misses with a shot to the body
and Clarke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clarke scores with a push kick.
Farrokhzad misses the body punch
and Clarke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Farrokhzad ducks under a wild hook from Clarke.
Farrokhzad lands a slapping body shot.
Clarke blocks a jab.
Clarke gets tackled into the ropes by Farrokhzad. Farrokhzad maintains the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Farrokhzad as Clarke tries to tie him up.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clarke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clarke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clarke tries to throw a body punch but Farrokhzad avoids it by throwing Clarke back against the ropes.
Farrokhzad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Farrokhzad lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrokhzad scores with a knee to the head.
Farrokhzad prevents a body shot from Clarke.
Farrokhzad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Farrokhzad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Farrokhzad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Clarke is trying to break the clinch but Farrokhzad is controlling him.
Clarke looking to slow down the pace here.
Clarke misses with the head strike.
Clarke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clarke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Farrokhzad backwards.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad - that landed with a thud.
Clarke lands a left hand.
Clarke throws a head punch that misses.
Clarke is looking to break free of the clinch but Farrokhzad has double underhooks.
Clarke cracks Farrokhzad with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad gets through Clarke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Farrokhzad.
Clarke misses with the head strike.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Clarke'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.
Clarke needs to keep his hands up - Farrokhzad had a free shot at his head there.
Farrokhzad takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Farrokhzad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clarke manages to avoid it.
Farrokhzad swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice left hand lands by Farrokhzad.
Clarke working aggressively here.
Farrokhzad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Farrokhzad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clarke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Farrokhzad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clarke's elbow.
Clarke is trying to force a seperation but Farrokhzad has the dominant position.
Clarke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Farrokhzad throws a hook but Clarke avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Clarke misses its intended target.
Farrokhzad looks to score with a jab to the body but Clarke is just out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad has closed the distance and engaged Clarke in a clinch.
Clarke wants to break free but Farrokhzad has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clarke's elbow.
Clarke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Farrokhzad.
A hook to the body from Farrokhzad.
Clarke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad digs a right hand into Clarke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Clarke's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Farrokhzad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Farrokhzad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clarke.
Farrokhzad prevents a body shot from Clarke.
Farrokhzad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clarke is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A shot in the inside from Farrokhzad.
Clarke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bardia Farrokhzad has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Farrokhzad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clarke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Farrokhzad on the inside.
Clarke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Farrokhzad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Clarke is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clarke throws a head punch that misses.
Clarke avoiding damage.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clarke backwards.
Knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad tries to land knees in the clinch but Clarke avoids the damage to the body.
Farrokhzad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clarke is defending well for now.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Farrokhzad putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Clarke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Clarke is breathing heavily.
Farrokhzad gets through Clarke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clarke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Farrokhzad prevents a body shot from Clarke.
Clarke tries to break free but Farrokhzad pushes him back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clarke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad crunches a lovely knee into Clarke's ribcage.
Farrokhzad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Farrokhzad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clarke's face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardia Farrokhzad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dean Clarke's cut.
That's time! Farrokhzad's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jab by Farrokhzad.
Clarke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Farrokhzad throws a sloppy body shot
and Clarke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clarke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clarke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Clarke looks to score with a jab to the body but Farrokhzad is just out of range.
Farrokhzad scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Clarke doesn't seem bothered though.
Clarke needs to keep his hands up - Farrokhzad had a free shot at his head there.
Farrokhzad getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Farrokhzad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clarke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Farrokhzad was well out of range. Poor timing from Clarke.
Farrokhzad clobbers Clarke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
Clarke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clarke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clarke drops his guard momentarily, allowing Farrokhzad to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Clarke! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Farrokhzad takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad retains his bantamweight title!
A victorious Bardia Farrokhzad thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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