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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Almanzor Sabet (ranked 5291 p4p, 1672 weight class) and Quentin Caldwell (ranked 457 p4p, 195 weight class). Caldwell has chosen Ocean Demon by LAB as his entrance music. Almanzor Sabet has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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188 cm 19 175 4 - 2 - 0 |
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177 cm 26 180 3 - 0 - 0 |
Excellent MT Big heart
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Decent boxing Heavy handed
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Almanzor Sabet! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Quentin Caldwell! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabet gets tackled into the cage by Caldwell. Caldwell maintains the clinch. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Caldwell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. A body shot lands from Caldwell.
Caldwell lands on the inside with an uppercut. Caldwell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sabet's elbow. Caldwell works on Sabet's body with a couple of short punches. Caldwell pushes Sabet back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Caldwell lands with a right to the head. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Caldwell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sabet backwards. Sabet tries to break the clinch but Caldwell is controlling the position. Caldwell presses Sabet against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Sabet is breathing heavily. A hook to the body from Caldwell.
Caldwell scores with a shot to the side of Sabet's head. I was talking to Sabet's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Caldwell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sabet backwards. With the fighters up against the cage, Sabet throws an elbow but misses. Caldwell lands with a short head shot on the inside. Sabet working hard to break the clinch. Caldwell pushes Sabet back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Still in the clinch, Caldwell scores with a nice short uppercut. Caldwell presses Sabet against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Caldwell lands a hook that snaps the head of Sabet backwards. A left hand lands to the body for Caldwell.
Caldwell lands a hook that snaps the head of Sabet backwards. Caldwell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sabet backwards. Still in the clinch, Caldwell scores with a nice short uppercut. Caldwell digs a right hand into Sabet's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sabet's gas tank. Caldwell lands a body punch in the clinch. Sabet's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
 Sabet is rocked! Caldwell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Sabet takes a shot to the head. Oh Sabet is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sabet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caldwell is defending well for now. Sabet's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Caldwell scores with a hook to the body. Caldwell slowing the pace effectively. Caldwell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Caldwell creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Sabet crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Sabet face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Caldwell takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Quentin Caldwell! A victorious Quentin Caldwell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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