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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Almanzor Sabet (ranked 4575 p4p, 4009 weight class) and Nightime Novak (ranked 443 p4p, 410 weight class). Nightime Novak has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Almanzor Sabet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nightime Novak!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novak takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Nightime Novak has been cut.
Sabet lands a leg kick that knocks Novak off balance momentarily.
Novak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sabet moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sabet closes the distance and pushes Novak back into the ropes.
Sabet misses with a knee strike.
Sabet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sabet looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sabet tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Novak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sabet doesn't manage to clinch there - Novak circles away.
Sabet lands a high kick!
Sabet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sabet throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Novak's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabet with the inside leg kick.
Sabet fails to land with a series of punches.
Sabet tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Novak connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Novak misses.
Sabet appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sabet tries to clinch up.
Sabet feints and then cracks Novak's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Novak down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Novak crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sabet - the referee stops the clock and Novak gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sabet. Novak manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sabet connects with a good right hand that stumbles Novak. Novak circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sabet goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sabet misses with a head kick.
Novak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sabet fakes the leg kick and cracks Novak in the body.
Novak blocks a low kick nicely.
Novak throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sabet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Novak.
Sabet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Almanzor Sabet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Novak misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Sabet.
Novak blocks a head kick by Sabet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Novak.
Novak getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sabet lands a nice looking kick to the body. Novak takes a step back to recover.
Sabet is looking to land body kicks.
Sabet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Novak, pushing him back against the ropes.
Sabet stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sabet trying to control the position but instead, Novak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sabet into the ropes.
Sabet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Almanzor Sabet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nightime Novak's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Novak takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sabet works Novak's body with a nice hook.
Sabet scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Novak misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sabet throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Novak uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sabet has time to react.
Sabet misses with a low kick.
Novak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sabet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A countering left hand to the body from Novak misses.
Novak walks into a straight right hand from Sabet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Novak misses.
Sabet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Novak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sabet misses the shot to the body.
Sabet lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sabet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Novak lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Novak misses with a looping right.
Sabet throws a sloppy head kick and Novak moves out of range easily.
Novak cracks Sabet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sabet tries to clinch up but Novak circles away and keeps his distance.
Sabet throws a head kick but Novak moves out of range.
Novak looks to throw the jab but Sabet is out of range.
Sabet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Novak.
Sabet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sabet throws a sloppy head kick and Novak moves out of range easily.
Sabet wants to clinch.
Almanzor Sabet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Novak lands a really nice looking cross but Sabet seems unphased.
Sabet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Novak can do to turn this around?
Sabet on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Novak misses with a straight left.
Novak tries to keep at a distance but Sabet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sabet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Novak takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Novak on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Novak throws a combination that misses
and Sabet counters with a two punch combo.
Novak blocks the body kick.
Novak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Almanzor Sabet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nightime Novak's cut.
That's time! Sabet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sabet lands with a kick to the temple. Novak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Novak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Novak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sabet moves into the clinch successfully.
Sabet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sabet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Novak moves away.
Novak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick from Sabet lands but Novak takes it in his stride.
Novak is rocked!
Sabet throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Novak crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Almanzor Sabet!
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RATING
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