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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Gordon Masten (ranked 21953 p4p, 20828 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 354 p4p, 369 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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World class boxer
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gordon Masten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 41 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adesanya avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Adesanya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Masten moves away
and Masten counters with a stiff right hand.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Masten is having none of it.
Masten 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.
Adesanya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masten connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Adesanya checks the leg kick.
Adesanya throws out a counter right but Masten avoids it with no problem.
Masten works the jab nicely.
Masten is looking to score with low kicks.
Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masten looks to land a left hand but Adesanya moved out of range nicely.
Adesanya wants to counter with a clinch but Masten pushes him away.
Masten misses with an uppercut
and Adesanya counters with a straight right hand.
Masten lands with an uppercut that bounces Adesanya off the cage and back into range.
Masten lands a leg kick that knocks Adesanya off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masten manages to avoid it.
Adesanya takes one to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Masten.
Gordon Masten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Masten connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Masten throws the kick towards the body but Adesanya avoids it.
Masten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adesanya was well out of range. Poor timing from Masten.
Adesanya tries to counter by closing the distance.
Masten throws a leg kick that is checked
and Adesanya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adesanya displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Masten misses with a body kick.
Masten scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Masten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Masten wants to land a leg kick but Adesanya is out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Masten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masten throws a low kick but Adesanya moves out of range easily.
Masten lands a right hook to the body.
Masten is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Masten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adesanya was well out of range. Poor timing from Masten.
Adesanya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Masten lands a glancing blow to the side of Adesanya's head.
Masten is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Masten connects with a leg kick.
Masten throws a body punch but Adesanya moves out of range.
Masten throws a leg kick but Adesanya moved away.
Adesanya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Masten finds it's way round the side to connect with Adesanya's head.
Masten is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Adesanya is looking to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Masten misses the target.
Masten connects with a single shot there.
Adesanya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adesanya fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gordon Masten dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Masten cracks Adesanya with a right hand to the side of the head.
Adesanya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Masten is looking to chop away at Adesanya's legs.
Adesanya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adesanya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Masten.
Masten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adesanya can do to turn this around?
Adesanya is looking to clinch.
Masten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Masten tries to score with a low kick but Adesanya moves his leg out of the way.
Adesanya throws a counter combo.
Masten keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Masten half committed to a counter leg kick.
Masten swats away the attempt to clinch by Adesanya.
Masten throws a hook but Adesanya blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masten scores with a decent looking hook.
Masten lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Masten looks to land a right hand but Adesanya moved out of range.
Adesanya walks into a jab.
Masten throws a chopping leg kick but Adesanya manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Masten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Masten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adesanya.
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.
Adesanya throws a counter combo.
Adesanya takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Adesanya 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.
Masten fires out a quick counter leg kick but Adesanya just manages to avoid it.
Masten lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Masten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Masten is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masten throws a hook to the side of Adesanya's head but Adesanya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adesanya wants to counter the offense by Masten and move into the clinch position.
Masten finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Adesanya lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Adesanya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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!
Masten connects with an inside leg kick.
Carlton Adesanya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Masten connects with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adesanya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Masten with the inside leg kick.
Adesanya blocks a leg kick.
Adesanya throws out a counter right but Masten avoids it with no problem.
Masten throws a low kick but Adesanya avoids it.
Masten pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Adesanya moves out of range as Masten throws a body kick.
Adesanya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gordon Masten dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Masten with a nice calf kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Adesanya checks a leg kick.
Adesanya looks to clinch
and Masten counters with a stiff right hand.
Masten is looking to score with low kicks.
Adesanya wants to counter the offense by Masten and move into the clinch position.
Masten is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Masten sizes up Adesanya with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Adesanya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Adesanya moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Masten.
Gordon Masten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gordon Masten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adesanya is looking to clinch but Masten is avoiding it.
Gordon Masten is winning the standup battle so far.
Masten connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Adesanya's hands.
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!
Adesanya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Masten throws a leg kick that is checked
and Adesanya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A leg kick checked by Adesanya.
Masten lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Masten scores with a nice strike.
Adesanya misses with a double jab.
A good leg kick by Masten.
Adesanya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Masten does it's job there.
Masten lands a jab to the head.
Masten throws a quick inside leg kick.
Masten cracks Adesanya with a good jab.
Adesanya drops his hands momentarily and Masten takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Masten lands a leg kick that knocks Adesanya off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adesanya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masten throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Masten scores with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Masten.
Masten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adesanya has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Masten's corner calls for a 1-2. Masten obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adesanya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Masten.
Masten thuds a left hand into Adesanya's body.
Masten misses with a kick to the body.
Masten thumps Adesanya with a low kick.
Adesanya checks a low kick from Masten.
Masten misses with a looping left.
Adesanya tries to clinch up but Masten circles away and keeps his distance.
Carlton Adesanya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adesanya throws a jab when Masten was well out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gordon Masten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Masten has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gordon Masten!
During a confident post fight interview, Gordon Masten thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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