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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Naseem Hamed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meas Chanta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chanta has chosen get up-50 cent as his entrance music. Meas Chanta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
11 - 8 - 1 |
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198 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Naseem Hamed!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Meas Chanta!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamed moves into the clinch.
Hamed's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Chanta looking to throw knees to the head but Hamed is blocking nicely.
Chanta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Hamed on the inside.
Hamed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hamed can't find room to land a body shot as Chanta controls the action.
Chanta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamed avoids it.
Chanta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hamed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hamed is trying to stall.
Hamed has a couple of punches blocked by Chanta.
Hamed gets through Chanta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chanta.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chanta misses with a punch to the body.
Chanta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hamed takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chanta clinches up with Hamed and pushes him back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hamed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chanta prevents a body shot from Hamed.
Chanta pushes Hamed back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chanta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hamed struggles to land a body shot inside as Chanta controls his hands.
Hamed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hamed lands a shot to the body.
Hamed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hamed blocks a body shot from Chanta.
Chanta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chanta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chanta misses with the head strike.
Chanta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Chanta struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
Hamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Chanta.
Hamed has a couple of punches blocked by Chanta.
Chanta lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chanta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chanta rushes Hamed and presses him up against the ropes.
Hamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Chanta.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chanta.
Hamed looking to slow down the pace here.
Chanta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamed avoids it.
Chanta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hamed throws a head punch that misses.
Hamed misses with some punches.
Chanta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hamed.
Hamed lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chanta or not.
Hamed has a couple of punches blocked by Chanta.
Chanta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hamed lands with a short shot to the head.
Hamed lands a shoulder strike.
Hamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Hamed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamed dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Hamed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamed lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chanta.
Hamed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chanta is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Chanta blocks a body shot from Hamed.
Hamed is working Chanta over against the ropes.
Chanta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hamed avoids it.
Hamed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Chanta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hamed looking to slow down the pace here.
Chanta misses with a knee to the head.
Hamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Chanta.
Chanta blocks a body shot from Hamed.
Hamed is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Hamed.
Chanta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chanta misses with a knee strike.
Chanta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chanta tries a knee to the head but Hamed blocks it.
Chanta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chanta lands a body punch.
Chanta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hamed has a couple of punches blocked by Chanta.
Hamed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chanta tries to stall but Hamed uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hamed stalling in the clinch but Chanta improves position.
A right handed body shot lands from Hamed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chanta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hamed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hamed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chanta tries a knee to the head but Hamed blocks it.
Chanta looks gassed!
Hamed pushes Chanta back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Naseem Hamed will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chanta takes the fight into the clinch.
Chanta struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamed controls his hands.
Hamed avoiding damage as Chanta throws knees to the body.
Hamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Chanta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naseem Hamed has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good body shot from Hamed.
Hamed can't find room to land a body shot as Chanta controls the action.
Chanta tries a knee to the head but Hamed blocks it.
Chanta is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Hamed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hamed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hamed managing to block the knees to the body from Chanta.
Hamed blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Hamed.
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!
Chanta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chanta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chanta is breathing heavily.
Hamed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hamed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chanta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hamed lands a hook that snaps the head of Chanta backwards.
Hamed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hamed takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hamed blocks an elbow strike from Chanta.
Hamed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hamed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hamed slowing the pace effectively.
Hamed misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chanta is rocked!
Hamed breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Chanta with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Chanta looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Chanta get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Naseem Hamed!
Naseem Hamed is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Naseem Hamed made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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