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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lal Hnawka (ranked 25232 p4p, 2560 weight class) and Itchy Sinclair (ranked 239 p4p, 68 weight class). Sinclair has chosen John Cena - The Time Is Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Basic striking
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lal Hnawka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair swinging wildly here.
Sinclair closes the distance and clinches.
Hnawka is trying to force a seperation but Sinclair has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sinclair.
Still in the clinch, Sinclair scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hnawka looking to slow down the pace here.
Hnawka tries to stall but Sinclair uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinclair lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hnawka is looking to break free of the clinch but Sinclair has double underhooks.
Hnawka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sinclair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hnawka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Sinclair - that landed with a thud.
Sinclair lands an uppercut.
Sinclair lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hnawka backwards.
It looks like Lal Hnawka has been cut.
Hnawka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sinclair blocks it with crossed arms.
Hnawka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sinclair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Sinclair.
Hnawka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hnawka wants to get back to striking at distance but Sinclair won't allow it.
A short right from Sinclair on the inside.
Hnawka tries to break free but Sinclair pushes him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hnawka is trying to break the clinch but Sinclair has him pressed against the ropes.
Sinclair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sinclair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hnawka takes a shot to the head.
Sinclair lands a hook that snaps the head of Hnawka backwards.
We've been informed that Sinclair has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinclair scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hnawka is trying to force a seperation but Sinclair has the dominant position.
A right hand to the body from Sinclair.
Hnawka working hard to break the clinch.
Sinclair avoiding damage as Hnawka throws knees to the body.
Sinclair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hnawka backwards.
Sinclair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hnawka's efforts to push away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lal Hnawka's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sinclair scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Hnawka beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Sinclair rushes Hnawka and presses him up against the ropes.
Hnawka working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Sinclair on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Sinclair.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hnawka stalling in the clinch but Sinclair improves position.
Hnawka tries to break the clinch but Sinclair is controlling the position.
Hnawka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sinclair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sinclair keeps control of Hnawka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sinclair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hnawka's efforts to push away.
Sinclair prevents Hnawka from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hnawka takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sinclair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hnawka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hnawka tries to break free but Sinclair pushes him back against the ropes.
Sinclair lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hnawka has had enough of the clinch but Sinclair keeps him there for the moment.
Hnawka wants to break free but Sinclair has control.
Sinclair presses Hnawka against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hnawka is trying to push Sinclair away but Sinclair has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sinclair digs a right hand into Hnawka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hnawka's gas tank.
Hnawka tries to circle away but Sinclair has him pinned against the ropes.
Sinclair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hnawka backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sinclair on the inside.
Sinclair lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sinclair.
Hnawka tries to circle away but Sinclair has him pinned against the ropes.
Sinclair lands with a light punch inside.
Sinclair lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hnawka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Sinclair - that landed with a thud.
Hnawka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Sinclair.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sinclair.
Hnawka wants to break free but Sinclair has control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Lal Hnawka's cut.
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!
Sinclair closes the distance and clinches.
Hnawka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sinclair up against the ropes.
Itchy Sinclair seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sinclair.
Sinclair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hnawkas head.
Sinclair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hnawka's efforts to push away.
Hnawka just leaning against Sinclair, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hnawka is trying to push Sinclair away but Sinclair has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hnawka misses with a body punch.
Sinclair lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sinclair lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hnawka wants to get back to striking at distance but Sinclair won't allow it.
Sinclair lands a shot to the body.
Sinclair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hnawka's efforts to push away.
Hnawka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Sinclair.
Sinclair works on Hnawka's body with a couple of short punches.
Sinclair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hnawkas head.
A shot in the inside from Sinclair.
Sinclair lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sinclair - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Sinclair.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sinclair lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hnawka or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hnawka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sinclair rushes Hnawka and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sinclair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hnawka backwards.
Sinclair throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sinclair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinclair lands a shoulder strike.
Sinclair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hnawka's efforts to push away.
Hnawka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hnawka misses with an elbow over the top.
Lal Hnawka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Itchy Sinclair is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sinclair lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Itchy Sinclair comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sinclair 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 James Glass scores the fight 24:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itchy Sinclair!
Itchy Sinclair spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Lal Hnawka had this to say: 'I will be back!!'.
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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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