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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Luis De Teixiera (ranked 4758 p4p, 4508 weight class) and Melvin Van Manhoef (ranked 448 p4p, 435 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Teixiera might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Starry Starry Night - Don Mclean. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Luis De Teixiera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melvin Van Manhoef!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Teixiera throws a sloppy head kick and Van Manhoef moves out of range easily.
Van Manhoef on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Van Manhoef thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Teixiera throws a quick counter head kick but Van Manhoef was just out of range.
Van Manhoef scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Teixiera connects with an inside leg kick.
De Teixiera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Manhoef.
Van Manhoef misses with a left hand
and De Teixiera counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Van Manhoef.
De Teixiera cracks Van Manhoef with a good jab.
Van Manhoef tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Teixiera throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice body punch from Van Manhoef.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Teixiera cracks a nice hook into Van Manhoef's ribs.
Van Manhoef ducks under a wild hook from De Teixiera.
Van Manhoef has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Van Manhoef misses with a jab to the body
and De Teixiera counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Manhoef with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Teixiera is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Teixiera drops his hands momentarily and Van Manhoef takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Manhoef misses the target.
De Teixiera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Teixiera misses with a straight left.
De Teixiera definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Manhoef lunges at De Teixiera with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Teixiera's hand.
De Teixiera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Manhoef dips to his left and cracks De Teixiera with an uppercut!
Van Manhoef jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Teixiera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
De Teixiera takes one on the button.
Van Manhoef keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Teixiera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Manhoef throws a right hand that misses
and De Teixiera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Manhoef swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Teixiera.
De Teixiera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Manhoef scores with a jab.
Van Manhoef blocks a jab.
De Teixiera throws out a loose jab but Van Manhoef uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Manhoef takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Van Manhoef misses with an uppercut.
Van Manhoef is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Teixiera had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Jab by De Teixiera.
Van Manhoef with a jab.
De Teixiera moves away from the strike by Van Manhoef.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Teixiera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De Teixiera moves out of range as Van Manhoef strikes.
De Teixiera defending well as Van Manhoef loads up on a big left hand.
De Teixiera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Teixiera there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Teixiera slips under a jab.
Melvin Van Manhoef seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Manhoef attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Teixiera misses with a two punch combination.
Van Manhoef throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Manhoef throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Teixiera slips under a jab from Van Manhoef.
Van Manhoef lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Teixiera at a distance.
Van Manhoef moves out of range of the strikes.
De Teixiera displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Manhoef throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Teixiera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Manhoef.
Van Manhoef is looking to slow De Teixiera down with leg kicks.
De Teixiera misses the shot to the body.
Van Manhoef throws a poor cross that misses
and De Teixiera counters with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Melvin Van Manhoef will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
De Teixiera misses with a hook. Van Manhoef ducked under it nicely.
De Teixiera throws a jab when Van Manhoef was well out of range.
De Teixiera looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Teixiera defending well as Van Manhoef loads up on a big left hand.
De Teixiera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Teixiera misses with a head kick.
Van Manhoef swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Teixiera scores with a leg kick.
Van Manhoef works the jab nicely.
De Teixiera needs to keep his hands up - Van Manhoef had a free shot at his head there.
De Teixiera scores with a three punch combo!
Van Manhoef scores with a hook to the body. De Teixiera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Teixiera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Manhoef.
De Teixiera ducks under a wild hook from Van Manhoef.
It looked like De Teixiera wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van Manhoef lands with a good body shot.
Van Manhoef feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Teixieras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Teixiera moves away from the strike by Van Manhoef.
Van Manhoef connects with a jab.
Van Manhoef scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops De Teixiera to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Van Manhoef away as he looks to land an illegal blow. De Teixiera got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
De Teixiera is rocked!
De Teixiera throws a head kick that misses.
Oh De Teixiera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Manhoef scores a knockdown with a big right hand! De Teixiera 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Teixiera wants to slow Van Manhoef down by chopping away at his legs.
De Teixiera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Teixiera seems to have got his legs back now.
De Teixiera slips a jab from Van Manhoef.
Van Manhoef jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Manhoef has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Manhoef throws out a loose jab but De Teixiera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Manhoef takes a swing at De Teixiera's ribcage but misses.
Van Manhoef walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. De Teixiera checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Van Manhoef throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Teixiera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Teixiera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Manhoef throws out the jab.
Van Manhoef throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Teixiera throws a hook but Van Manhoef blocks it.
Van Manhoef swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Teixiera. Van Manhoef does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Manhoef swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Manhoef swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Manhoef takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Teixiera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Manhoef lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Manhoef throws a shot from downtown. De Teixiera moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Teixiera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Manhoef swings for the body but De Teixiera moves out of range.
De Teixiera staying out of range there.
Van Manhoef throws out a leg kick but De Teixiera moves out of range and Van Manhoef only half commits.
It looked like De Teixiera wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A swing and a miss from Van Manhoef.
Melvin Van Manhoef seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Van Manhoef misses with a hook. De Teixiera ducked under it nicely.
Van Manhoef throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck De Teixiera on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Van Manhoef throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Teixiera moves out of range of the strikes.
De Teixiera was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Van Manhoef lands with a shot to the body.
Van Manhoef changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Teixiera throws a big shot that misses.
Van Manhoef throws a jab when De Teixiera was well out of range.
Van Manhoef connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Teixiera's hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Teixiera slips under a jab.
De Teixiera lands with a cross.
Van Manhoef scores with a jab.
Van Manhoef cracks a nice hook into De Teixiera's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Melvin Van Manhoef will take that one after putting his opponent down more than once in the round.
That's time! De Teixiera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Van Manhoef takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van Manhoef takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Van Manhoef scores with a jab to the head.
Van Manhoef misses the jab.
De Teixiera throws the kick towards the body but Van Manhoef avoids it.
De Teixiera misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Manhoef! But no joy.
De Teixiera lands a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Van Manhoef.
Van Manhoef slips under a jab.
Van Manhoef throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Teixiera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Teixiera looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Teixiera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by De Teixiera there.
Van Manhoef misses with a low kick.
Van Manhoef closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Manhoef throws out a powerful jab.
De Teixiera takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Teixiera ducks into a a hook from Van Manhoef and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Van Manhoef works De Teixiera's body with a nice hook.
Van Manhoef scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Manhoef connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Teixiera drops his guard momentarily, allowing Van Manhoef to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes De Teixiera! 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! Van Manhoef takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Melvin Van Manhoef!
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