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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Sachi Keikain (ranked 4344 p4p, 4585 weight class) and Daquain Austin (ranked 373 p4p, 382 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sachi Keikain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daquain Austin!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin with a hook.
It looks like Sachi Keikain has been cut.
Austin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Keikain loads up on a big right hand but Austin slips the punch.
Keikain misses the shot to the body.
Keikain moves out of range of the strikes.
Austin scores with a jab to the head.
Daquain Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keikain moves forwards but Austin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Austin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Austin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Keikain is rocked!
Austin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Keikain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Austin manages to avoid it.
Keikain scores with a spinning back kick!
Keikain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Austin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Keikain. Austin shrugs it off though.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keikain.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Keikain counters by clinching up.
A short body shot lands from Keikain as the two fighters clinch.
Keikain can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain cracks Austin with a nice body shot.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Austin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keikain backwards.
Austin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Austin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Austin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Keikain leaning against his opponent.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keikain misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Keikain - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short right from Keikain.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Keikain leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Austin takes a shot to the head.
Austin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Keikain has Austin pushed against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Keikain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keikain has Austin pressed against the ropes, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keikain stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Keikain blocking some punches.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
Keikain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keikain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Keikain.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Austin is trying to push Keikain away but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keikain lands a right hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain'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.
Austin staying out of range there.
Keikain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Austin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Keikain needs to keep his hands up - Austin had a free shot at his head there.
Keikain dodges the punch combination from Austin.
It appears Keikain was looking to counter with a kick there.
Keikain walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Keikain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oh Keikain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice uppercut there from Austin.
Sachi Keikain's cut is getting worse.
Keikain pushes Austin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Keikain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keikain seems to have got his legs back now.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sachi Keikain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keikain looking to slow down the pace here.
Austin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Austin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keikain has Austin pressed against the ropes, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Keikain keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin is trying to break free.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Austin is keeping busy.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Keikain keeps him there for the moment.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Keikain.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Keikain.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Keikain digs a right hand underneath Austin's ribcage. Austin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the ropes.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain scores with a shoulder strike.
Austin letting Keikain take a breather here.
Keikain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Keikain has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keikain struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Keikain has double underhooks.
Keikain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Keikain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keikain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Keikain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Austin can do to turn this around?
Keikain stalling the fight.
Austin pushes Keikain back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain looking to stall.
Austin blocks a body shot from Keikain.
Keikain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Keikain has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
Keikain can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
Austin has a couple of punches blocked by Keikain.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain'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.
Austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keikain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Keikain is looking to counter with head kicks.
Keikain walks into a jab.
Keikain swinging wildly here.
Keikain walks into a stiff left hand from Austin.
We've been told by Keikain's head coaches at Squirrel Sports 🐿️ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Keikain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Austin's hands.
Keikain looks for the body kick but Austin saw that one coming.
Keikain walks into a big right hand from Austin and goes down! The referee sends Austin to a neutral corner as Keikain gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Keikain stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Keikain walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with a nice low kick that buckles Austin's knee momentarily.
Keikain swinging wildly here.
Keikain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Austin! But no joy.
Austin blocks a head kick by Keikain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Keikain misses the target.
Despite the aggression on Austin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Austin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keikain is looking to counter the offense by Austin and move into the clinch.
Keikain misses with a straight right.
Austin throws a lazy right hand but Keikain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keikain.
Keikain takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sachi Keikain's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Austin misses with an uppercut.
Austin cracks Keikain with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Keikain get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Keikain looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Austin is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Austin shuts the power down on Keikain. Lights out, game over! Austin is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Daquain Austin!
Daquain Austin is the new lightweight champion!
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