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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rory Birdwhistle (ranked 4319 p4p, 4519 weight class) and Maurice Lemaire (ranked 339 p4p, 362 weight class). Birdwhistle comes to the ring accompanied by Davidian - Machine Head. Maurice Lemaire has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid boxing
Very strong
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Counter fighter
Granite chin
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rory Birdwhistle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maurice Lemaire!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birdwhistle punishes Lemaire's body with a nice straight punch.
Birdwhistle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lemaire throws out the jab.
Lemaire looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Birdwhistle.
Birdwhistle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Birdwhistle catches Lemaire with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Birdwhistle missing with a left hand there. Lemaire was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lemaire wants to counter with a clinch but Birdwhistle pushes him away.
Birdwhistle tries to clinch up but Lemaire circles away and keeps his distance.
Birdwhistle scores with a jab to the head.
Lemaire has closed the distance and engaged Birdwhistle in a clinch.
Lemaire misses with some punches.
Birdwhistle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemaire tries to throw a body punch but Birdwhistle avoids it by throwing Lemaire back against the ropes.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Birdwhistle blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lemaire struggles to land a body shot inside as Birdwhistle controls his hands.
Birdwhistle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Birdwhistle pushes Lemaire back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lemaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lemaire.
Lemaire scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
Lemaire swings wildly with an uppercut but Birdwhistle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lemaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Birdwhistle.
Lemaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Birdwhistle.
Birdwhistle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Birdwhistle has a couple of punches blocked by Lemaire.
Lemaire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
Birdwhistle tries a body shot but Lemaire blocks it.
Lemaire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lemaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Birdwhistle blocking some punches.
Birdwhistle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lemaire on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lemaire tries to work over Birdwhistle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Birdwhistle looking to throw knees to the head but Lemaire is blocking nicely.
Lemaire misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Lemaire scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lemaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Birdwhistle swings wildly with an uppercut but Lemaire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birdwhistle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lemaire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lemaire gets through Birdwhistle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lemaire creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lemaire swings wildly with an uppercut but Birdwhistle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lemaire is working Birdwhistle over against the ropes.
Birdwhistle blocks a body shot from Lemaire.
Birdwhistle struggles to land a body shot inside as Lemaire controls his hands.
Birdwhistle misses with the head strike.
Lemaire tries a body shot but Birdwhistle blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Lemaire scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lemaire has a couple of punches blocked by Birdwhistle.
Birdwhistle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lemaire lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lemaire scores with a hook to the body.
Birdwhistle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaire tries to throw a body punch but Birdwhistle avoids it by throwing Lemaire back against the ropes.
Lemaire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Birdwhistle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lemaire on the inside.
Lemaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Birdwhistle's elbow.
Lemaire working aggressively here.
Lemaire misses with the head strike.
Lemaire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Birdwhistle backwards.
Lemaire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Birdwhistle swings wildly with an uppercut but Lemaire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birdwhistle misses with a knee to the head.
Birdwhistle takes a shot to the head.
Lemaire gets through Birdwhistle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lemaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lemaire works on Birdwhistle's body with a couple of short punches.
Lemaire lands an uppercut.
Birdwhistle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Lemaire.
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 can't find room to land a body shot as Birdwhistle controls the action.
Birdwhistle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lemaire backwards.
Good body shot from Lemaire.
Lemaire works on Birdwhistle's body with a couple of short punches.
Birdwhistle is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Lemaire.
Birdwhistle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaire scores with a shot to the side of Birdwhistle's head.
Birdwhistle tries to work over Lemaire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemaire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Birdwhistle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lemaire scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lemaire pushes Birdwhistle back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lemaire.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lemaire.
A shot in the inside from Lemaire.
Lemaire lands an uppercut.
Lemaire working aggressively here.
Lemaire misses with a body punch.
Lemaire misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Lemaire.
Birdwhistle misses with a punch to the body.
Lemaire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lemaire prevents a body shot from Birdwhistle.
Lemaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Birdwhistle's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice Lemaire dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Some wild striking there from Birdwhistle.
Birdwhistle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lemaire.
Lemaire has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lemaire connects with a nice looking jab.
Birdwhistle misses with a body shot.
Lemaire steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Birdwhistle.
Birdwhistle throws a hook to the side of Lemaire's head but Lemaire sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Birdwhistle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lemaire throws out the jab.
Lemaire throws a good cross that connects.
Birdwhistle avoids the body shot from Lemaire.
Birdwhistle gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaire lands with a right to the head.
Lemaire lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lemaire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lemaire works on Birdwhistle's body with a couple of short punches.
Lemaire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lemaire throws a head punch that misses.
Birdwhistle can't find room to land a body shot as Lemaire controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Lemaire.
Birdwhistle is rocked!
Lemaire throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Birdwhistle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lemaire misses with a punch on the inside.
Birdwhistle seems to have got his legs back now.
Lemaire struggles to land a body shot inside as Birdwhistle controls his hands.
Lemaire lands an uppercut.
Birdwhistle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Birdwhistle takes a shot to the head.
Birdwhistle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Birdwhistle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Birdwhistle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemaire throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Birdwhistles head.
Birdwhistle throws an elbow but it misses.
Lemaire creates a bit of distance and cracks Birdwhistle with a big uppercut! Birdwhistle goes down! The referee pushes Lemaire away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Birdwhistle make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Lemaire takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Maurice Lemaire!
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hype
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RATING
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