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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kemar Powell (ranked 749 p4p, 787 weight class) and Hamed Juniorss (ranked 96 p4p, 100 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Powell might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lil Baby & Lil Durk - Hats Off. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kemar Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hamed Juniorss!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Juniorss misses with a hook
and Powell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Powell.
Powell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Powell punishes Juniorss's body with a nice straight punch.
Powell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Powell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Juniorss. Juniorss circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A big right from Juniorss misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Powell - that will leave a mark!
Powell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Powell. Juniorss does a little dance to reset his feet.
Powell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Juniorss has time to react.
Powell lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powell throws a chopping leg kick but Juniorss manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Juniorss rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Powell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell lands a jab to the head.
Powell misses with a low kick.
Powell throws a shot to the body.
Powell ducks under a wild hook from Juniorss.
A jab from Juniorss misses.
Juniorss walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Powell feints and then cracks Juniorss's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Juniorss down.
Powell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Juniorss on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Powell throws a poor cross that misses
and Juniorss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juniorss displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Powell throws out the jab.
Powell moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Juniorss coming out on top.
Powell lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Powell throws out a powerful jab.
Powell lands with a nice body punch.
Kemar Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powell throws a chopping leg kick but Juniorss manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Juniorss takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Powell misses with a leg kick
and Juniorss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Juniorss scores with a crisp jab that stopped Powell in his tracks.
Juniorss moves out of range of the body kick.
Juniorss ducks right into an uppercut from Powell.
Juniorss throws a jab when Powell was well out of range.
Good shot there by Powell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell just misses with a punch to the body.
Powell connects with a single shot there.
Juniorss looks to land a left hand but Powell moved out of range nicely.
Powell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Juniorss stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Powell misses with a body kick.
Powell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Powell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Juniorss swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Juniorss might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Powell misses with an uppercut
enabling Juniorss to counter with a crisp jab.
Powell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Powell feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Juniorss thows a left - swing and a miss!
Powell fires out a quick counter leg kick but Juniorss just manages to avoid it.
Powell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Juniorss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell lands a leg kick that knocks Juniorss off balance momentarily.
Powell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Powell checks the leg kick.
Powell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Juniorss has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Powell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Juniorss misses with a right hand
and Powell counters with a stiff right hand.
Juniorss moves out of range of the strikes.
Juniorss looks to score with a jab to the body but Powell is just out of range.
Powell moves out of range as Juniorss strikes.
Powell feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Juniorss on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Powell lands a leg kick that knocks Juniorss off balance momentarily.
Powell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Juniorss manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kemar Powell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Powell throws a body punch but Juniorss moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Juniorss misses.
Powell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Juniorss counters with a stiff right hand.
Powell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Juniorss can do to turn this around?
Powell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Juniorss walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Powell lands a nice looking body kick.
Powell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Juniorss throws out the jab.
Powell cracks Juniorss with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A jab from Powell misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Powell misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Juniorss! But no joy.
A leg kick checked by Juniorss.
Powell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Juniorss lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell misses with an uppercut. Juniorss saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Juniorss on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Juniorss throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Powell's head.
Powell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Juniorss scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Powell swings widly with a right hand
and Juniorss counters with a nice uppercut.
Powell throws a leg kick
and Juniorss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Juniorss on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Juniorss throws out a loose jab but Powell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Powell throws a leg kick
and Juniorss counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Juniorss.
Juniorss avoids the body shot from Powell.
Juniorss throws out a counter right but Powell avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juniorss on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice straight punches there by Juniorss. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Juniorss.
Powell slips under a jab.
Powell half committed to a counter leg kick.
Juniorss swings for the body but Powell moves out of range.
Powell 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.
Juniorss looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kemar Powell is winning the standup battle so far.
Juniorss throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Powell to counter with a crisp jab.
Powell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Powell connects with a solid leg kick.
Powell throws a series of punches but Juniorss avoids them all with ease.
Juniorss now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Powell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Juniorss dodges the punch combination from Powell.
Juniorss appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell scores with a shot to the body.
Powell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Juniorss punishes Powell's body with a nice straight punch.
Powell throws a leg kick that is checked
and Juniorss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Powell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Juniorss has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Juniorss throws an overhand right that lands on Powell's shoulder, as Powell tries to avoid the shot.
Powell thuds his shin into the meat of Juniorss's side.
Juniorss tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Powell was well out of range. Poor timing from Juniorss.
Powell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Juniorss doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juniorss has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Juniorss there as he acknowledges the shot.
A head kick by Powell misses
and Juniorss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juniorss throws a shot from downtown. Powell moves away and avoids it.
Juniorss keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Juniorss walks into a jab.
Powell scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Powell. That's going to slow Juniorss down.
Juniorss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Powell was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Powell shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Juniorss eats them both and turns towards Powell to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Powell connects with a looping right hand.
Powell misses with a jab to the body
and Juniorss counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kemar Powell dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Powell throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Juniorss takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Juniorss has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Juniorss misses with a jab to the body
and Powell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Juniorss checks a low kick from Powell.
Powell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Juniorss keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Powell swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Powell throws a sloppy body shot
and Juniorss counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juniorss takes a swing at Powell's ribcage but misses.
Juniorss blocks a leg kick.
Powell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Juniorss on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juniorss looks to throw the jab but Powell is out of range.
Powell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Powell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Juniorss takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Powell looks to score with a jab to the body but Juniorss is just out of range.
Powell defending well as Juniorss loads up on a big left hand.
Powell throws a big shot that misses.
Powell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Powell jabs Juniorss to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A head kick misses from Juniorss.
Powell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Powell throws out a powerful jab.
Juniorss's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell feints and then cracks Juniorss's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Juniorss down.
Powell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juniorss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Powell throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Juniorss throws a looping overhand right but Powell ducks down to avoid it.
Juniorss has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Powell.
Juniorss misses with a right hand
and Powell counters with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Powell is predictable there
and Juniorss counters with a straight right hand.
Powell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Juniorss under the eye.
Juniorss on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Juniorss comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Powell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Juniorss counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Juniorss! But no joy.
Powell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Juniorss.
Juniorss checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Juniorss now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A big right from Juniorss misses.
Nice defenses there by Powell.
Powell was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Powell thumps Juniorss with a low kick.
Juniorss throws a lazy right hand but Powell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Powell. Juniorss does a little dance to reset his feet.
Juniorss is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Powell with a body shot.
Powell scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell lands a head shot.
Powell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Juniorss takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Juniorss lands a body shot.
Juniorss throws a hook but Powell avoids it easily.
Juniorss takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hamed Juniorss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Powell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Juniorss misses with a looping left.
Juniorss drops his hands momentarily and Powell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Juniorss throws a looping overhand right but Powell ducks down to avoid it.
Juniorss throws a sloppy body shot
and Powell counters with a good, hard body kick but Juniorss shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kemar Powell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Powell 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kemar Powell!
During a confident post fight interview, Kemar Powell thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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