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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyrone Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Spong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Will Not Bow. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
Good 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
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Tyrone Spong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngwabeni moves into the clinch.
Spong tries to break free but Ngwabeni pushes him back against the ropes.
Spong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spong is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ngwabeni is trying to force a seperation but Spong has the dominant position.
Ngwabeni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni has been cut.
Spong misses with a few strikes there.
Spong dodges the punch combination from Ngwabeni.
Spong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ngwabeni takes one to the chin there.
Ngwabeni keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spong avoids the body shot from Ngwabeni.
Ngwabeni swats away the attempt to clinch by Spong.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ngwabeni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngwabeni tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ngwabeni thinking.
Spong lands a jab.
Spong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spong scores with a hook.
Ngwabeni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spong throws a shot to the body.
Ngwabeni wants to clinch.
Spong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Tyrone Spong has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Spong. Beautiful body shot.
Ngwabeni is looking to clinch but Spong is avoiding it.
Spong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ngwabeni manages to avoid it.
Spong looks to score with a jab to the body but Ngwabeni is just out of range.
Ngwabeni scores with a shot to the body.
Spong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spong has Ngwabeni up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ngwabeni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ngwabeni moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Spong tries to keep at a distance but Ngwabeni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Spong looking to slow down the pace here.
Ngwabeni blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngwabeni blocking some punches.
Ngwabeni lands a body shot.
Ngwabeni breaks from the clinch.
Ngwabeni lands a really nice looking cross but Spong seems unphased.
Ngwabeni avoids the body shot from Spong.
Ngwabeni moves in looking to clinch but Spong pushes him off.
Ngwabeni tries to clinch up.
Ngwabeni scores with a crisp jab that stopped Spong in his tracks.
Ngwabeni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spong lands a slapping body shot.
Spong is looking to wear down Ngwabeni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Spong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ngwabeni closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ngwabeni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ngwabeni fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngwabeni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ngwabeni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ngwabeni misses with a two punch combination.
Spong lands with a cross.
Ngwabeni on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spong throws a right hand that misses
and Spong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spong misses with a straight left.
Spong avoids the body shot from Ngwabeni.
Spong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ngwabeni moves away.
Spong scores with a jab. Ngwabeni acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Spong swats away the attempt to clinch by Ngwabeni.
Spong tries to keep at a distance but Ngwabeni has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ngwabeni taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Ngwabeni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spong thows a body shot but no joy.
Spong looks to land a left hand but Ngwabeni moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Spong finds it's way through Ngwabeni's defenses.
Ngwabeni staying out of range there.
Ngwabeni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spong.
Ngwabeni slips a straight right by Spong.
Ngwabeni closes the distance and pushes Spong back into the ropes.
Ngwabeni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ngwabeni tries to clinch but Spong moves out of range.
Spong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ngwabeni wants to clinch up but Spong keeps it at a distance.
Ngwabeni misses with a series of wild punches.
Ngwabeni wants to clinch
and Spong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Spong throws a hook to the side of Ngwabeni's head but Ngwabeni sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spong looks to score with a jab to the body but Ngwabeni is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Spong there.
Ngwabeni punishes Spong's body with a nice straight punch.
Ngwabeni darts in and clinches Spong up against the ropes.
Ngwabeni content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Spong trying to stall but Ngwabeni improves his position.
Ngwabeni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ngwabeni. Spong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ngwabeni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ngwabeni misses with a double jab.
Spong misses with an uppercut.
Spong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ngwabeni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice combination there by Ngwabeni.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ngwabeni throws a series of strikes that have Spong backpedaling.
Tyrone Spong's cut is getting worse.
Ngwabeni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spong loads up on a big right hand but Ngwabeni slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spong misses with a wild body shot.
Ngwabeni takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ngwabeni misses with an uppercut.
Ngwabeni swings for the body but Spong moves out of range.
Ngwabeni is looking to clinch.
Ngwabeni avoids the body shot from Spong.
Ngwabeni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ngwabeni tries to clinch there but Spong circles away.
A swing and a miss from Spong.
Ngwabeni wants to clinch.
Ngwabeni is looking to clinch but Spong is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngwabeni lunges at Spong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Spong's hand.
Spong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ngwabeni.
Spong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ngwabeni moves away.
Ngwabeni tries to clinch up.
Ngwabeni misses the shot to the body.
Spong misses with a left hand
and Ngwabeni counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ngwabeni.
Ngwabeni breaks from the clinch.
Ngwabeni tries to clinch up
and Spong counters with a straight right hand.
Spong catches Ngwabeni with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A cross from Ngwabeni lands.
Ngwabeni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ngwabeni wants to clinch
and Spong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ngwabeni lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spong misses with a wild body shot.
Ngwabeni throws a right hand that Spong ducks under and follows up with a left that Spong also avoids with ease.
Spong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spong misses with a body shot.
Spong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spong misses with a hook to the body
and Ngwabeni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyrone Spong's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ngwabeni moves into the clinch.
Ngwabeni lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spong backwards.
Ngwabeni breaks the clinch.
Ngwabeni staggers Spong with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Spong looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Jeez, Tyrone Spong's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ngwabeni looks to score with a jab to the body but Spong is just out of range.
Spong scores with a jab.
Ngwabeni forces Spong back against the ropes and clinches.
Ngwabeni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ngwabeni closes the distance and clinches.
Ngwabeni's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spong moves in looking to clinch but Ngwabeni pushes him off.
Spong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ngwabeni clobbers Spong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Spong looks to throw the jab but Ngwabeni is out of range.
Spong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ngwabeni manages to avoid it.
Ngwabeni misses with a straight left.
Spong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ngwabeni.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ngwabeni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ngwabeni misses with a wild body shot.
Ngwabeni throws a shot to the body.
Ngwabeni clinches with his opponent.
Ngwabeni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong wants to clinch up but Ngwabeni keeps it at a distance.
Spong thuds a left hand into Ngwabeni's body.
Ngwabeni closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ngwabeni is looking to break free of the clinch but Spong has double underhooks.
Ngwabeni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spong slips under a jab from Ngwabeni.
Spong is looking to clinch but Ngwabeni is avoiding it.
Ngwabeni cracks Spong with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spong looks to score with a jab to the body but Ngwabeni is just out of range.
Ngwabeni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spong has Ngwabeni up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngwabeni manages to break the clinch.
Ngwabeni blocks a jab.
Ngwabeni darts in and clinches Spong up against the ropes.
Ngwabeni misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ngwabeni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ngwabeni's efforts to push away.
Ngwabeni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ngwabeni walks into a left hand.
Spong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ngwabeni tries to close the distance and clinch but Spong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngwabeni moves to clinch but Spong breaks away
and Spong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ngwabeni keeps the fight on the outside.
Ngwabeni throws a shot to the body.
Ngwabeni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ngwabeni pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Spong back to the ropes. Ngwabeni follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tyrone Spong's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni!
Nkosiyapha Ngwabeni thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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