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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Malo Tavara (ranked 4185 p4p, 4278 weight class) and Maurice Lemaire (ranked 319 p4p, 334 weight class). The key to victory for Malo Tavara has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Malo Tavara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice Lemaire!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemaire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tavara has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lemaire takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tavara throws a series of punches but Lemaire avoids them all with ease.
Maurice Lemaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lemaire tries to clinch but Tavara moves out of range.
Lemaire tries to clinch but Tavara moves away
and Tavara counters with a nice uppercut.
Lemaire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tavara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tavara lands with an uppercut that bounces Lemaire off the ropes and back into range.
Lemaire throws out a loose jab but Tavara uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tavara doesn't seem bothered though.
Tavara misses with a body shot.
Lemaire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaire darts in and clinches Tavara up against the ropes.
Lemaire lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lemaire tries to throw a body punch but Tavara avoids it by throwing Lemaire back against the ropes.
Tavara misses with a body punch.
Tavara blocks a body shot from Lemaire.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tavara.
Tavara tries a body shot but Lemaire blocks it.
Lemaire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemaire misses with a punch to the body.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tavara can't break the clinch.
Lemaire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Lemaire working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Lemaire.
Tavara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lemaire is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tavara.
Lemaire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lemaire tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire misses with a double jab
and Tavara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Tavara circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tavara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lemaire jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tavara gets tackled into the ropes by Lemaire. Lemaire maintains the clinch.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Tavara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tavara blocks an uppercut.
Tavara tries to break free but Lemaire pushes him back against the ropes.
Tavara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lemaire has a couple of punches blocked by Tavara.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire tries to throw a body punch but Tavara avoids it by throwing Lemaire back against the ropes.
A short right from Lemaire.
Tavara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lemaire lands a nice shot to the body.
Lemaire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemaire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tavara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Lemaire.
Lemaire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavara misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Tavara.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
A short right from Tavara on the inside.
Lemaire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tavara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lemaire's elbow.
Lemaire scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Lemaire lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
Lemaire misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemaire.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
Lemaire lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Tavara.
Lemaire throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lemaire.
Lemaire tries a body shot but Tavara blocks it.
Lemaire scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lemaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Tavara.
Lemaire working aggressively here.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Lemaire working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tavara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Lemaire.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lemaire.
Tavara blocking some punches.
Lemaire takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Lemaire on the inside.
Lemaire tries a body shot but Tavara blocks it.
Tavara blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice Lemaire dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lemaire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tavara lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lemaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lemaire has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lemaire misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire misses with a looping right.
Tavara throwing a counter right hand but Lemaire manages to avoid it.
Lemaire connects with a looping right hand.
Lemaire swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tavara counters with a straight right hand.
Tavara lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavara throws a series of punches but Lemaire moves out of range.
Lemaire moves in looking to clinch but Tavara pushes him off.
Lemaire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tavara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tavara catches Lemaire with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lemaire takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tavara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lemaire moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Lemaire scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tavara lands a hook that snaps the head of Lemaire backwards.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tavara lands a shoulder strike.
Tavara is looking to break free of the clinch but Lemaire has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tavara can't find room to land a body shot as Lemaire controls the action.
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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavara.
Lemaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Lemaire pushes Tavara back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Tavara is looking to break free of the clinch but Lemaire has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Lemaire.
Tavara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lemaire.
Lemaire lands with a right to the head.
Tavara breaks from the clinch.
Lemaire darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lemaire.
Tavara is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lemaire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tavara staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire instigates a clinch.
Tavara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Tavara 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tavara lands with an uppercut that bounces Lemaire off the ropes and back into range.
Lemaire moves to clinch but Tavara breaks away
and Lemaire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tavara takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lemaire misses with a wild body shot.
Lemaire's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tavara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lemaire scrambles back to his feet.
Lemaire defending well as Tavara loads up on a big left hand.
Lemaire lands with a nice combination. Tavara backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lemaire doesn't manage to clinch there - Tavara circles away.
Lemaire has managed to clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tavara.
Tavara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lemaire has a couple of punches blocked by Tavara.
Lemaire working aggressively here.
Lemaire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Lemaire.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemaire.
Tavara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lemaire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tavara backwards.
Tavara wants to break free but Lemaire has control.
Tavara blocks an uppercut.
Tavara blocks an uppercut.
Lemaire misses with some punches.
Lemaire keeps control of Tavara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Maurice Lemaire will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lemaire takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lemaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tavara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lemaire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tavara.
Tavara ducks under a wild hook from Lemaire.
Lemaire swings widly with a right hand
and Tavara counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire throws a body punch but Tavara moves out of range.
Lemaire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tavara.
Lemaire moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaire moves out of range as Tavara strikes.
Lemaire scores with a jab.
Tavara throws a hook but Lemaire avoids it easily.
Lemaire is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lemaire lands with a cross.
Lemaire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tavara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tavara throwing a counter right hand but Lemaire manages to avoid it.
Lemaire wants to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tavara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavara throws an overhand right that lands on Lemaire's shoulder, as Lemaire tries to avoid the shot.
Lemaire throws a sloppy body shot
and Tavara counters with a right hand to the body.
Malo Tavara is winning the standup battle so far.
Tavara connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lemaire. Lemaire circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lemaire tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tavara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tavara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice jab there from Lemaire.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tavara.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Lemaire.
Tavara takes one to the chin there.
A telegraphed right hand from Tavara misses the target.
Lemaire slips under a jab from Tavara.
Lemaire tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lemaire tries to clinch up.
Tavara moves out of range as Lemaire strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lemaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lemaire takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavara misses with a looping left.
Lemaire misses with a lunging right hand
and Tavara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tavara takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A combination from Lemaire does no damage.
Lemaire looks to clinch
and Tavara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lemaire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Lemaire fails to land.
Tavara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tavara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemaire misses with some punches.
Lemaire lands with a right to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malo Tavara showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lemaire has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Maurice Lemaire!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Maurice Lemaire!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Maurice Lemaire!
Maurice Lemaire wins by unanimous decision!
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