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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Vilmer Stridh (ranked 24371 p4p, 24951 weight class) and Jagga McSwagga (ranked 480 p4p, 502 weight class). Jagga McSwagga acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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5 - 3 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
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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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vilmer Stridh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jagga McSwagga!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnem�ki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McSwagga lunges at Stridh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stridh's hand.
Nice defenses there by McSwagga.
McSwagga is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stridh moves away from the strike by McSwagga.
A counter left hand to the body from Stridh misses its target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stridh.
Stridh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stridh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stridh fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McSwagga has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McSwagga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stridh moves away.
McSwagga throws a hook to the side of Stridh's head but Stridh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stridh closes the distance and pushes McSwagga back into the ropes.
Stridh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McSwagga has him pressed against the ropes.
Stridh tries a body shot but McSwagga blocks it.
Stridh lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stridh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from McSwagga fails to land.
McSwagga lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stridh backwards.
Stridh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McSwagga scores with a shot to the side of Stridh's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McSwagga.
Stridh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McSwagga lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stridh backwards.
McSwagga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McSwagga breaks the clinch.
Stridh takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stridh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stridh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Stridh backs off McSwagga throws a huge counter combo but Stridh manages to avoid it all.
McSwagga stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stridh.
Stridh falls off balance throwing a combination
and McSwagga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stridh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stridh misses with the combination.
McSwagga just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Stridh misses the target.
Stridh looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McSwagga walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stridh works the jab nicely.
McSwagga plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Vilmer Stridh has been cut.
Stridh connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McSwagga momentarily.
McSwagga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stridh staying out of range there.
Stridh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McSwagga throws a big counter head kick but Stridh avoids it with no problem.
McSwagga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McSwagga with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stridh to score with a decent uppercut.
McSwagga lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Stridh misses the target.
It seemed like McSwagga was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McSwagga dodges the punch combination from Stridh.
Stridh throws a head kick that misses.
McSwagga just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vilmer Stridh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vilmer Stridh's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stridh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McSwagga raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Stridh throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stridh lands with a nice body punch.
Vilmer Stridh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Stridh.
Stridh closes the distance and clinches.
McSwagga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stridh lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from McSwagga fails to land.
A short right from McSwagga on the inside.
McSwagga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stridh throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nice body punch from McSwagga.
McSwagga takes a swing at Stridh's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stridh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stridh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stridh moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from McSwagga.
McSwagga throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stridh makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. McSwagga really felt that one!
Stridh moves into range and connects with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stridh.
Stridh throws a right hand that misses
and McSwagga counters with a nice kick to the body.
Stridh scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stridh scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McSwagga looks to land a left hand but Stridh moved out of range nicely.
A combination from Stridh does no damage.
McSwagga swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stridh wants to clinch up but McSwagga keeps it at a distance.
Stridh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stridh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McSwagga.
It looked like Stridh was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stridh thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSwagga throws a big shot that misses.
Vilmer Stridh is winning the standup battle so far.
Stridh wants to clinch.
Stridh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McSwagga.
McSwagga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McSwagga moves out of range of the body kick.
Stridh jabs McSwagga to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McSwagga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stridh manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Stridh.
Stridh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McSwagga clobbers Stridh with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stridh thows a body kick. McSwagga tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vilmer Stridh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vilmer Stridh's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Stridh throws a front kick that sends McSwagga stumbling back into the ropes.
McSwagga connects with a crisp jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stridh.
McSwagga avoids the body shot from Stridh.
McSwagga slips a straight right by Stridh.
McSwagga now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stridh closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stridh looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Stridh lands a high kick!
McSwagga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stridh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stridh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stridh throws a quick inside leg kick.
McSwagga slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stridh misses with a looping right.
Stridh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stridh ducks under a wild hook from McSwagga.
Stridh swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Stridh scores with the left hand. McSwagga knows he should have avoided that one.
Stridh throws a leg kick which misses McSwagga's front leg but catches the back leg as McSwagga tries to avoid it.
Stridh swings away with a body shot that misses
and McSwagga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stridh throws a head kick that misses.
A nice side step and McSwagga releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
McSwagga walks into a jab.
A swing and a miss from McSwagga.
McSwagga misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice shot lands for Stridh.
McSwagga misses with an uppercut.
Stridh scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stridh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McSwagga.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McSwagga lands a body shot.
Stridh tries to clinch but McSwagga is having none of it.
Stridh scoring well with a low kick there.
McSwagga misses with a series of wild punches.
McSwagga throws the kick towards the body but Stridh avoids it.
Vilmer Stridh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McSwagga throws a body punch but Stridh moves out of range.
Stridh was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McSwagga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stridh.
McSwagga's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stridh lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stridh tries to clinch up.
An inside leg kick from McSwagga misses.
Jagga McSwagga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stridh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vilmer Stridh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stridh, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnem�ki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vilmer Stridh!
A determined Vilmer Stridh didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
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RATING
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