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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Hossein Salami (ranked 4649 p4p, 4684 weight class) and Timothy Spence (ranked 427 p4p, 430 weight class). Salami comes to the ring accompanied by allhamdulilah. Spence comes into a darkened arena with his song building. He's A Mental Giant kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hossein Salami has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hossein Salami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Timothy Spence!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence misses with a hook.
Salami misses with an uppercut
enabling Spence to counter with a crisp jab.
Timothy Spence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salami stuns Spence with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Spence stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Salami.
Salami definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Spence misses the shot to the body.
Salami was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Salami misses with a right hand
and Spence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spence misses with a looping left.
Spence slips under a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Spence.
Spence misses the body punch
and Salami counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salami throws a hook but Spence blocks it.
Spence throws out a loose jab but Salami uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salami avoids the body shot from Spence.
Spence blocks a jab.
Spence's coach down at Gold Samurai\'s Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Spence's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Spence throws a right hand that misses
and Salami cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence slips a jab from Salami.
Salami with a hook.
Spence misses with a head kick.
Spence slips a jab from Salami.
Spence raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Spence misses the jab.
Salami was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Salami uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spence.
A jab from Salami misses.
Salami pushes Spence up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salami.
Salami misses with some punches.
Spence is trying to force a seperation but Salami has the dominant position.
Salami misses with some punches.
Salami lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Spence or not.
Salami throws a punch but it's blocked by Spence.
A head punch on the inside from Salami fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence is trying to break the clinch but Salami has him pressed against the ropes.
Salami misses with a punch on the inside.
Salami lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Salami lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salami lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spence blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salami has a couple of punches blocked by Spence.
Spence blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Salami fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spence.
Salami working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Salami fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salami.
Salami has Spence pressed against the ropes, preventing Spence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Salami creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salami working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Salami lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Salami working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hossein Salami dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Salami throws a lazy right hand but Spence sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salami scoring well with a low kick there.
Spence moves out of range as Salami strikes.
Spence thows a left - swing and a miss!
Salami is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spence can do to turn this around?
Salami moves out of range as Spence strikes.
Salami throws a sloppy body shot
and Spence counters with a straight right hand.
Spence displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salami throws out the jab.
Spence just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence misses with a hook
and Salami counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spence looks to land a left hand but Salami moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence throws a shot from downtown. Salami moves away and avoids it.
Spence throws a jab but it's blocked by Salami.
Spence uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salami.
Salami moves out of range as Spence strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salami throws a lazy right hand but Spence sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spence throws out a loose jab but Salami uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spence ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salami takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Salami throws a shot from downtown. Spence moves away and avoids it.
Salami cracks Spence with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Spence is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Spence is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Spence could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hossein Salami!
Our winner, Hossein Salami, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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pop
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