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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michal Materlak (ranked 252 p4p, 946 weight class) and Kane Thoupos (ranked 41 p4p, 129 weight class). Materlak's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Marzenia. Thoupos has chosen 151 Rum - JID as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Michal Materlak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kane Thoupos!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Materlak swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thoupos counters with a good low kick that Materlak was not able to check.
Materlak misses the shot to the body.
Thoupos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thoupos 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.
Materlak bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thoupos's head backwards.
Materlak takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Materlak fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thoupos looks to score with a jab to the body but Materlak is just out of range.
Materlak misses with a low kick.
Thoupos lands a glancing blow to the side of Materlak's head.
Thoupos cracks a nice hook into Materlak's ribs.
Thoupos throws a hook but Materlak blocks it.
Materlak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thoupos ducks under a wild hook from Materlak.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thoupos throws a body punch but Materlak moves out of range.
Materlak looks to land a left hand but Thoupos moved out of range nicely.
Materlak with a hook.
Thoupos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Materlak was well out of range. Poor timing from Thoupos.
Thoupos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Materlak throws a looping overhand right but Thoupos ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Thoupos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Michal Materlak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Materlak misses with a hook.
Materlak throws an overhand right that lands on Thoupos's shoulder, as Thoupos tries to avoid the shot.
Thoupos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thoupos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Materlak moves out of range of the body kick.
Thoupos delivers a nice body kick.
Materlak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thoupos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Thoupos misses.
Materlak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thoupos.
Thoupos sizes up Materlak with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Materlak lands a jab to Thoupos's midsection.
Thoupos throws a hook but Materlak avoids it easily.
Materlak misses with a straight left.
Thoupos slips under a jab from Materlak.
A punch lands to the side of Thoupos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot by Thoupos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thoupos cracks a nice hook into Materlak's ribs.
Materlak throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thoupos.
Materlak avoids a kick to the body.
Thoupos defending well as Materlak loads up on a big left hand.
Thoupos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Thoupos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Materlak throws a low kick but Thoupos avoids it.
Thoupos cracks Materlak with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thoupos moves out of range as Materlak strikes.
Thoupos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Materlak misses with a left hand
and Thoupos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thoupos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Materlak tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thoupos is able to avoid easily.
A nice side step and Thoupos releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Materlak tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thoupos is able to avoid easily.
Thoupos moves out of range of the body kick from Materlak.
Thoupos is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Materlak with a body shot.
Materlak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thoupos.
Materlak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thoupos misses with a body shot.
Materlak thinks about countering with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos swings widly with a right hand
enabling Materlak to counter with a crisp jab.
Thoupos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Materlak on the side of the head.
Materlak 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.
Materlak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thoupos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thoupos catches Materlak with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A telegraphed right hand from Materlak misses the target.
Materlak throws a looping overhand right but Thoupos ducks down to avoid it.
Thoupos takes one on the button.
Materlak swings for the body but Thoupos moves out of range.
Thoupos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thoupos looks to score with a jab to the body but Materlak is just out of range.
Materlak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thoupos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Materlak looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thoupos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Materlak. Materlak circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thoupos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Materlak cracks Thoupos with a good jab.
Materlak moves out of range as Thoupos strikes.
Thoupos lands a nice hook to Materlak's body. Materlak takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Materlak swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Thoupos counters with a nice body shot.
Thoupos scores with a jab.
Materlak misses with an uppercut
and Thoupos counters with a nice uppercut.
Materlak throws an overhand right that lands on Thoupos's shoulder, as Thoupos tries to avoid the shot.
And Thoupos responds with a good body kick, but Materlak manages to step out the way in time.
Materlak wants to slow Thoupos down by chopping away at his legs.
A little jabbing left from Thoupos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Materlak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Thoupos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Materlak explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Materlak scores with a leg kick.
A big left from Materlak misses.
Thoupos is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Materlak with a body shot.
Materlak feints and then cracks Thoupos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thoupos down.
Thoupos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kane Thoupos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Materlak with a nice calf kick.
Michal Materlak is winning the standup battle so far.
Materlak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thoupos tries to move into range but Materlak moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thoupos avoids the head kick by Materlak.
Thoupos misses with a hook. Materlak ducked under it nicely.
Materlak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Decent striking displayed by Materlak there.
Materlak ducks under a wild hook from Thoupos.
Materlak thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick lands for Materlak.
A low kick from Materlak is predictable there
and Materlak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thoupos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Materlak has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Materlak with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thoupos to score with a decent uppercut.
Materlak lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Materlak connects with the punch.
A low kick from Thoupos is predictable there
and Materlak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thoupos cracks Materlak with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoupos needs to keep his hands up - Materlak had a free shot at his head there.
Thoupos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice defenses there by Thoupos.
A swing and a miss from Thoupos.
Materlak throws a hook but Thoupos avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Materlak misses the target.
Thoupos scores with a push kick.
Materlak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thoupos moves away.
Thoupos throws a shot from downtown. Materlak moves away and avoids it.
Thoupos misses with a wild body shot.
Materlak walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thoupos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thoupos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Materlak.
The fighters circling - Materlak throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Materlak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thoupos.
Thoupos misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Materlak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thoupos let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Materlak throws a low kick, looking for Thoupos's leg but Thoupos calmly moves out of range.
Thoupos misses with a wild body shot.
Materlak swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Materlak checks a low kick from Thoupos.
Thoupos ducks under a wild hook from Materlak.
Thoupos takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Materlak ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Materlak avoids the body shot from Thoupos.
A solid leg kick lands there for Materlak.
Thoupos misses the body punch
and Thoupos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thoupos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Materlak fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thoupos slips a jab from Materlak.
Materlak blocks a jab.
Thoupos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Materlak.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Materlak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thoupos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thoupos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thoupos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thoupos slips a jab and a cross from Materlak.
Thoupos looks to land a right hand but Materlak moved out of range.
Materlak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thoupos scores with a jab to the body.
Materlak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thoupos. That did some damage!
Materlak misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Materlak misses.
A lazy left from Thoupos finds it's target.
Thoupos throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Materlak does it's job there.
Materlak throws a leg kick
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Thoupos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thoupos scores with the left hand. Materlak knows he should have avoided that one.
Materlak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos looks to land a right hand but Materlak moved out of range.
Materlak moves out of range of the strikes.
Thoupos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Materlak ducks under a wild hook from Thoupos.
Materlak throws a shot from downtown. Thoupos moves away and avoids it.
Thoupos ducks under a wild hook from Materlak.
Materlak lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice cross by Thoupos.
Materlak throws a jab when Thoupos was well out of range.
Materlak moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Materlak swings widly with a right hand
and Thoupos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Some bone on bone action there as Materlak checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Materlak throwing a counter right hand but Thoupos manages to avoid it.
Materlak throws an overhand right that lands on Thoupos's shoulder, as Thoupos tries to avoid the shot.
Thoupos scores with a hook.
Materlak throws a lazy uppercut
and Thoupos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Michal Materlak will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Materlak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Materlak jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thoupos lunges at Materlak with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Materlak's hand.
Materlak throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thoupos takes one to the chin there.
Thoupos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thoupos slips a straight right by Materlak.
Thoupos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Materlak lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thoupos scores with a hook.
Materlak staying out of range there.
Materlak throws a hook but Thoupos blocks it.
Materlak throws a jab when Thoupos was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Materlak blocks a low kick nicely.
Thoupos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Materlak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thoupos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Materlak. That did some damage!
Materlak misses with an uppercut.
Thoupos follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoupos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Materlak misses with a body shot.
A big right from Thoupos misses.
A good leg kick by Materlak.
Thoupos misses with a looping left.
Materlak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thoupos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Materlak scores with a hook to the body. Thoupos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thoupos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Materlak moves away.
Nice defenses there by Materlak.
Materlak throwing a counter right hand but Thoupos manages to avoid it.
Materlak slips a straight right by Thoupos.
Thoupos connects with an inside leg kick.
Thoupos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Materlak manages to avoid it.
Materlak feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Materlak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thoupos throws a body punch but Materlak moves out of range.
Materlak connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Materlak gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Materlak thows a leg kick but Thoupos checks it
and Thoupos counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Materlak throws a front kick aimed at Thoupos's knee but Thoupos avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Materlak. Thoupos does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Thoupos. Beautiful body shot.
Materlak takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thoupos slips a straight right by Materlak.
Thoupos avoids the body shot from Materlak.
Materlak staying out of range there.
Materlak throwing a counter right hand but Thoupos manages to avoid it.
Thoupos pushes Materlak away with a front kick.
Materlak thuds his right hand into Thoupos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Thoupos moves out of range as Materlak strikes.
Materlak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thoupos.
Materlak lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Materlak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thoupos moves away.
It seemed like Thoupos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos looks to land a body kick but Materlak moved away.
Thoupos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Materlak misses.
Thoupos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Materlak.
Thoupos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Materlak throws a nice outside leg kick.
Materlak slips a straight right by Thoupos.
Materlak missing with a left hand there. Thoupos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Thoupos releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Materlak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Thoupos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thoupos misses the shot to the body.
Thoupos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Materlak scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thoupos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Materlak.
Materlak throwing a counter right hand but Thoupos manages to avoid it.
Thoupos scores with a nice strike.
Materlak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Materlak's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos misses with a looping right.
Thoupos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thoupos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Materlak was well out of range. Poor timing from Thoupos.
Materlak tries to clinch but Thoupos moves out of range.
Thoupos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Materlak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thoupos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Materlak misses with a left hand
and Thoupos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Materlak fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Materlak misses with an uppercut.
Thoupos scores with a jab to the body.
Thoupos throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Materlak wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thoupos slips a straight right by Materlak.
Materlak scores with the left hand. Thoupos knows he should have avoided that one.
Materlak rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thoupos counters with a nice uppercut.
Thoupos staying out of range there.
Materlak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thoupos was well out of range. Poor timing from Materlak.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kane Thoupos.
I think Thoupos 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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