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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Cheyenne Little Dove (ranked 22934 p4p, 21944 weight class) and Gordon Masten (ranked 349 p4p, 369 weight class). Cheyenne Little Dove is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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175 cm 31 150 28 - 5 - 1 |
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171 cm 36 145 15 - 6 - 0 |
World class boxer Insanely flexible
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World class boxer Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 28 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cheyenne Little Dove! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gordon Masten! The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Masten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Masten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Little Dove looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Masten takes a swing at Little Dove's ribcage but misses.
Little Dove clinches up with Masten and pushes him back against the cage. Little Dove misses with a body punch.
Little Dove blocking some punches.
Little Dove struggles to land a body shot inside as Masten controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Masten fails to land. Little Dove lands with a right to the head. Masten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Masten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Little Dove misses with an elbow over the top.
Masten breaks the clinch.
Little Dove misses with a hook. Masten ducked under it nicely. Masten looks like he wants to counter punch here. Little Dove scores with the left hand. Masten knows he should have avoided that one. Little Dove connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Masten's hands. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Masten!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Little Dove is looking to clinch but Masten is avoiding it.
Masten appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Little Dove throws a shot from downtown. Masten moves away and avoids it. Masten listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Little Dove throws a looping overhand right but Masten ducks down to avoid it. Little Dove throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Little Dove scores with a punch to the head. Masten 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. Little Dove shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Masten turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Little Dove clinches. Masten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Masten has a couple of punches blocked by Little Dove.
Little Dove misses with a punch on the inside.
Masten struggles to land a body shot inside as Little Dove controls his hands.
Little Dove lands an uppercut. Little Dove scores with a nice hook to the head. Masten slows down the pace here.
Little Dove tries to throw a body punch but Masten avoids it by throwing Little Dove back against the cage. Masten takes a shot to the head. Masten misses with the head strike.
Little Dove blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Masten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Masten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Little Dove swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masten working aggressively here.
Little Dove lands an elbow inside.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Little Dove blocking some punches.
Little Dove tries to throw a body punch but Masten avoids it by throwing Little Dove back against the cage. Little Dove tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Little Dove scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Masten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Little Dove misses with a looping left. Masten will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Little Dove takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Cheyenne Little Dove seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Masten takes a swing at Little Dove's ribcage but misses. Masten misses with a low kick as Little Dove jumps back. Little Dove comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Masten scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Little Dove attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Little Dove misses with an uppercut. Masten saw that one coming. Masten throws a low kick but Little Dove avoids it. Masten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Little Dove. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cheyenne Little Dove dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Masten moves out of range as Little Dove strikes. Masten throws out a counter right but Little Dove avoids it with no problem. Masten moves away from the strike by Little Dove. Masten takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Masten is looking to score with low kicks. Masten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Little Dove. Good work by Little Dove as he checks the leg kick. Little Dove lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Masten works Little Dove's body with a nice hook. Little Dove changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Little Dove lands a jab. Little Dove blocks a leg kick. Little Dove throws a half hearted mid kick. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Little Dove throws a hook to the side of Masten's head but Masten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Masten avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Nice body punch from Masten. Masten paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Masten just misses with a punch to the body.
Little Dove moves into range and connects with a jab.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Masten fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Little Dove on the side of the head. Masten lands with a good body shot. A good leg kick by Masten. Masten tries a low kick but Little Dove avoids it. Masten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Little Dove. Masten listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Masten rushes Little Dove and presses him up against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masten. Little Dove lands a hook that snaps the head of Masten backwards. Little Dove pushes off an throws an elbow but Masten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Little Dove lands with a right to the head. Little Dove lands an elbow inside. Cheyenne Little Dove has scored more points in the clinch so far. Little Dove lands with a light punch inside. This has been an exciting period of action! A short right from Little Dove on the inside. Little Dove throws an elbow but it misses.
Masten tries a knee to the head but Little Dove blocks it.
Masten breaks the clinch.
Gordon Masten seems to be getting the better of the standup. Masten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Little Dove.
Little Dove pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Masten tries a quick counter leg kick but Little Dove is wise to it. Little Dove throws a looping overhand right but Masten ducks down to avoid it.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Masten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Little Dove.
Masten misses with a straight left. Masten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Little Dove finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Masten scores with a crisp jab that stopped Little Dove in his tracks. Masten connects with a leg kick. Little Dove chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Masten can pounce on him.
Little Dove uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masten. Nice defenses there by Masten.
Little Dove gets a clinch. A nice left hand lands by Little Dove.
Little Dove lands a body shot. Little Dove lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Masten tries to throw a body punch but Little Dove avoids it by throwing Masten back against the cage. Little Dove lands an uppercut. Little Dove lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Little Dove misses with a punch on the inside.
Little Dove lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Masten backwards. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cheyenne Little Dove dominated that second round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Masten tries to score with a low kick but Little Dove moves his leg out of the way.
Little Dove rushes Masten and presses him up against the cage. Masten working hard to break the clinch. A short right from Little Dove on the inside. Little Dove misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Little Dove creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A head punch on the inside from Little Dove fails to land. Little Dove blocks an uppercut.
Little Dove pushes off an throws an elbow but Masten leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Masten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Masten missing with a left hand there. Little Dove was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Little Dove is looking to counter punch. Little Dove changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Little Dove wants to clinch. Gordon Masten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Little Dove moves out of range of the leg kick from Masten. Masten thuds his shin into the meat of Little Dove's side. Masten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Little Dove misses with a body kick.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
Masten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Little Dove, pushing him back against the cage. Little Dove lands a nice uppercut. Masten lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Masten breaks the clinch.
Masten throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Masten lands a nice shot to the body.
Masten defending well as Little Dove loads up on a big left hand. Little Dove moves away from the strike by Masten. Little Dove is looking to clinch. Cheyenne Little Dove is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Little Dove stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Masten. Masten avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Masten steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Masten takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Little Dove misses the shot to the body. Masten throws a leg kick that misses. Masten connects with a single shot there. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Little Dove wants to clinch.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Masten walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Little Dove checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Little Dove is looking to counter punch. Masten throws a low kick but Little Dove moves out of range easily. Little Dove misses with an uppercut. Little Dove tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Masten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Little Dove fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Masten wants to land a leg kick but Little Dove is out of range. Masten fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Little Dove checks it well. Little Dove with a nice cross. Masten wants to slow Little Dove down by chopping away at his legs. Little Dove misses with a hook. Masten ducked under it nicely. Little Dove scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Little Dove lands a nice hook to Masten's body. Masten takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Little Dove tries to clinch but Masten moves out of range. Little Dove cracks Masten with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Masten does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Little Dove blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cheyenne Little Dove. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Little Dove, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28 Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27 Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cheyenne Little Dove! A relieved looking Cheyenne Little Dove thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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