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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Wauler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Kirkland's entrance music is Ludacris - Act A Fool. A fine choice. Glenn Wauler told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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156 lbs
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Excellent MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Van Kirkland!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glenn Wauler!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland closes the distance and clinches.
Wauler manages to break the clinch.
Wauler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Kirkland stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wauler misses with an uppercut. Van Kirkland saw that one coming.
Van Kirkland scores with a kick to the body.
Van Kirkland delivers a nice body kick.
Van Kirkland gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wauler wants to clinch
and Van Kirkland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wauler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Kirkland.
Wauler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Kirkland lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wauler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Kirkland moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Kirkland tries a head kick but it misses.
Glenn Wauler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wauler doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Kirkland circles away.
Wauler takes one to the side of the head.
Wauler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wauler there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauler fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Kirkland misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Kirkland throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Kirkland chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wauler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Kirkland.
Wauler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Van Kirkland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wauler.
Wauler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Van Kirkland. Those never looked like landing.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wauler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Kirkland is keeping busy.
Wauler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wauler lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wauler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Kirkland backwards.
Wauler lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Wauler.
Van Kirkland throws a punch but it's blocked by Wauler.
Wauler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Kirkland tries to throw a body punch but Wauler avoids it by throwing Van Kirkland back against the cage.
Wauler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Kirkland prevents a body shot from Wauler.
Wauler lands with a left to the head.
Van Kirkland dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short uppercut from Wauler.
Wauler has a couple of punches blocked by Van Kirkland.
Wauler blocks an elbow strike from Van Kirkland.
Wauler misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Wauler fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Wauler fails to land.
Van Kirkland lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Glenn Wauler has been cut.
Van Kirkland misses with an elbow over the top.
Wauler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Kirkland avoids the body shot from Wauler.
Van Kirkland takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Van Kirkland misses its intended target.
Van Kirkland feints and then cracks Wauler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wauler down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Kirkland.
A left lands for Van Kirkland.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Kirkland.
Wauler throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Kirkland counters with a leg kick.
Wauler misses with an uppercut. Van Kirkland saw that one coming.
Wauler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wauler throws a hook but Van Kirkland blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wauler misses with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Kirkland connects with a right hand. Wauler shakes it off.
Van Kirkland connects with an inside leg kick.
Wauler throws a hook to the side of Van Kirkland's head but Van Kirkland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Van Kirkland.
Wauler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Kirkland.
Wauler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Kirkland uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wauler.
Van Kirkland misses with an uppercut. Wauler saw that one coming.
Wauler throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Van Kirkland to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Kirkland is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Wauler swings for the body but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Van Kirkland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Glenn Wauler's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wauler throws a hook to the side of Van Kirkland's head but Van Kirkland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wauler checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Kirkland fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Kirkland lands with a hook. Wauler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Van Kirkland moves away from the strike by Wauler.
Wauler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wauler throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Kirkland counters with a good low kick that Wauler was not able to check.
Van Kirkland lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wauler's sensitive parts.
Wauler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wauler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good shot there by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wauler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wauler's knee momentarily.
Wauler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wauler's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van Kirkland under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Kirkland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wauler has closed the distance and engaged Van Kirkland in a clinch.
Van Kirkland lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wauler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Kirkland working aggressively here.
Van Kirkland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wauler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wauler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Kirkland backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Kirkland.
Wauler misses with a body punch.
Van Kirkland lands an elbow inside.
Van Kirkland is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wauler can't break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Wauler.
Van Kirkland misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Van Kirkland scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Kirkland lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wauler has a couple of punches blocked by Van Kirkland.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Wauler.
Wauler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wauler tries to break the clinch but Van Kirkland is controlling the position.
Van Kirkland lands a left hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wauler misses with a punch to the body.
Wauler misses with the head strike.
Wauler dodges an elbow strike from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland has a couple of punches blocked by Wauler.
Wauler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wauler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Kirkland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Kirkland struggles to land a body shot inside as Wauler controls his hands.
Wauler lands with a short shot to the head.
Wauler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wauler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Kirkland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wauler tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Kirkland swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick which misses Wauler's front leg but catches the back leg as Wauler tries to avoid it.
Van Kirkland pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wauler misses with a body shot
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice leg kick.
Wauler is looking to clinch.
Van Kirkland takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Van Kirkland fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wauler swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Kirkland.
Glenn Wauler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Kirkland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wauler.
Wauler blocks a head kick by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland slips a straight right by Wauler.
Van Kirkland moves out of range as Wauler strikes.
Van Kirkland with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wauler to score with a decent uppercut.
Van Kirkland moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Van Kirkland with a hook.
Wauler closes the distance and pushes Van Kirkland back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wauler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wauler lands a nice uppercut.
Van Kirkland lands with a left to the head.
Van Kirkland misses with some punches.
Van Kirkland lands an uppercut.
Van Kirkland's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Kirkland misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Kirkland pushes off an throws an elbow but Wauler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Kirkland displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wauler up against the cage.
Wauler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Kirkland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wauler is defending well for now.
Van Kirkland tries to throw a body punch but Wauler avoids it by throwing Van Kirkland back against the cage.
Wauler presses Van Kirkland against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Glenn Wauler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wauler is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Wauler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Glenn Wauler's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Kirkland turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Kirkland fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wauler is out of range.
Van Kirkland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wauler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Kirkland chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Kirkland wants to slow Wauler down by chopping away at his legs.
Wauler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Kirkland ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wauler moves away.
Nice body kick from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland instigates a clinch.
Van Kirkland prevents a body shot from Wauler.
Wauler stalls.
Van Kirkland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kirkland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wauler blocks a body shot from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wauler pushes Van Kirkland back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Kirkland.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Kirkland.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wauler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wauler misses with the head strike.
Wauler lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Wauler.
Wauler working aggressively here.
A short right from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wauler has Van Kirkland pressed against the cage.
Van Kirkland misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wauler breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Van Kirkland misses its intended target.
Van Kirkland steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wauler.
Wauler looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Kirkland is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Van Kirkland.
Wauler uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Kirkland has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Kirkland bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wauler's head.
Van Kirkland throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wauler jabs Van Kirkland to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wauler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wauler ducks under a wild hook from Van Kirkland.
Wauler's corner calls for a 1-2. Wauler obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wauler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Kirkland lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland lands a jab to Wauler's midsection.
Van Kirkland scores with a head kick.
Wauler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wauler jabs at Van Kirkland's body.
Wauler misses with an uppercut
and Van Kirkland counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wauler misses the shot to the body.
Wauler takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wauler fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Kirkland throws a low kick but Wauler moves out of range easily.
Wauler lands a lovely overhand right.
Wauler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Kirkland.
Wauler ducks under a wild hook from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland throws a chopping leg kick but Wauler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wauler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Kirkland manages to avoid it.
Van Kirkland lands with a kick to the temple. Wauler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Kirkland lands with a kick to the temple. Wauler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wauler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wauler bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wauler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Kirkland.
Wauler throws a body punch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Van Kirkland clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Wauler on the inside.
Wauler lands with a right to the head.
Wauler struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Kirkland controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Kirkland misses with an elbow strike.
Van Kirkland scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Kirkland has a couple of punches blocked by Wauler.
Wauler is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Glenn Wauler just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Glenn Wauler's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wauler throws the left hand but Van Kirkland avoids the punch easily.
Van Kirkland closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Kirkland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wauler's brow.
Wauler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Kirkland lands with a left to the head.
Wauler stalling in the clinch but Van Kirkland improves position.
Wauler pushes Van Kirkland back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Van Kirkland lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Kirkland.
Wauler blocking some punches.
Wauler lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wauler is looking to control Van Kirkland's arms but Van Kirkland gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wauler has his back to the cage.
Wauler blocks a body shot from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Kirkland lands an elbow that stopped Wauler in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wauler.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from Wauler.
Wauler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wauler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Kirkland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Kirkland throws a head punch that misses.
Wauler blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Wauler.
Van Kirkland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Wauler.
A shot in the inside from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland lands a body shot.
Van Kirkland pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wauler looks to land a left hand but Van Kirkland moved out of range nicely.
Van Kirkland throws a head kick that half lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wauler misses the shot to the body.
Van Kirkland throws a solid leg kick but Wauler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Kirkland.
Wauler checks a low kick from Van Kirkland.
Wauler swings widly with a right hand
and Van Kirkland counters with a thumping low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wauler.
Van Kirkland chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A swing and a miss from Wauler.
A jab lands there for Wauler.
Van Kirkland takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Van Kirkland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wauler was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Kirkland.
Wauler works the jab nicely.
Wauler misses with a hook
and Van Kirkland counters with a big head kick but Wauler shrugs it off.
Van Kirkland scores with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wauler checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland throws a front kick that sends Wauler stumbling back into the cage.
Van Kirkland takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Van Kirkland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wauler was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Kirkland.
Wauler throws a lazy right hand but Van Kirkland sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wauler wants to clinch
and Van Kirkland counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wauler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Kirkland!
Van Kirkland lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vladimir Van Kirkland is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Kirkland's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wauler under the eye.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick which misses Wauler's front leg but catches the back leg as Wauler tries to avoid it.
Jab by Wauler.
Wauler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Kirkland connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wauler scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Kirkland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wauler.
A jab from Wauler misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Kirkland ducks under a wild hook from Wauler.
Van Kirkland looks to land a left hand but Wauler moved out of range nicely.
Wauler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Kirkland can pounce on him.
Van Kirkland is looking to land body kicks.
Wauler throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Van Kirkland - that will leave a mark!
Van Kirkland lands a jab to Wauler's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wauler misses the jab.
Wauler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Kirkland manages to avoid it.
Wauler thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Vladimir Van Kirkland will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glenn Wauler's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Wauler scores with a punch to the head.
Wauler throws a hook but Van Kirkland blocks it.
Van Kirkland with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wauler loads up on a big right hand but Van Kirkland slips the punch.
Van Kirkland lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wauler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wauler is trying to break the clinch but Van Kirkland is controlling him.
Wauler lands a body shot.
Wauler misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland lands a damaging elbow.
Wauler wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Van Kirkland.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauler blocks a body shot from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Wauler.
Van Kirkland has a couple of punches blocked by Wauler.
Van Kirkland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Kirkland creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Van Kirkland prevents a body shot from Wauler.
Nice body punch from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland misses with a punch to the body.
Wauler lands a nice shot to the body.
Wauler has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland misses with an elbow strike.
Van Kirkland lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Kirkland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wauler's elbow.
Van Kirkland prevents Wauler from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Wauler.
Van Kirkland prevents Wauler from breaking the clinch.
Wauler throws a head punch that misses.
Wauler is trying to force a seperation but Van Kirkland has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Kirkland.
Wauler lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Kirkland lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wauler backwards.
Van Kirkland looking to stall.
Wauler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Kirkland misses with the head strike.
Van Kirkland prevents Wauler from breaking the clinch.
Wauler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wauler has a couple of punches blocked by Van Kirkland.
Wauler lands a shot to the body.
Van Kirkland misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland tries a body shot but Wauler blocks it.
Van Kirkland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wauler misses with an uppercut.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab.
Wauler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wauler looks to land a right hand but Van Kirkland moved out of range.
Van Kirkland takes a swing at Wauler's ribcage but misses.
Van Kirkland lands a leg kick that knocks Wauler off balance momentarily.
Wauler throws a lazy right hand but Van Kirkland sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Kirkland scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wauler in his tracks.
Wauler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Kirkland manages to avoid it.
Van Kirkland throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wauler. Van Kirkland does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wauler misses with a right hand
and Van Kirkland connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wauler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice straight punches there by Van Kirkland. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Kirkland.
Wauler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Kirkland.
Wauler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Kirkland moves out of range as Wauler strikes.
Wauler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab from Wauler.
The fighters circling - Wauler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wauler doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Kirkland circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Kirkland moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Wauler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Kirkland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Wauler.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Glenn Wauler.
I think Wauler has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 48:48
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Glenn Wauler!
Glenn Wauler is the new lightweight champion!
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