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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Kronburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dr Dre - The Next Episode . Kronburger comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Turn up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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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
15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shawn Kronburger!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Kronburger blocks the low kick.
Kronburger swings widly with a right hand
and Black counters with a nice uppercut.
Black misses with a double jab.
Black has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kronburger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kronburger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kronburger avoids the elbow strike from Black, against the cage.
Kronburger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Kronburger won't want to take too many of those.
Kronburger tries a body shot but Black blocks it.
Black blocks an uppercut.
Kronburger lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black being controlled against the cage.
Kronburger struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Kronburger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kronburger throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black misses with some punches.
Kronburger throws a head punch that misses.
Kronburger throws a head punch that misses.
Kronburger misses with a punch to the body.
Kronburger lands a nice uppercut.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kronburger has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
Kronburger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kronburger is leaning against Black and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Black missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kronburger fails to land.
Kronburger lands a left hand.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kronburger is defending well for now.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Kronburger misses with a punch on the inside.
Kronburger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Kronburger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Black tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kronburger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Kronburger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kronburger misses with some punches.
Kronburger throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kronburger misses with a body punch.
Black lands a nice uppercut.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kronburger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Black lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kronburger swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kronburger working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronburger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kronburger misses with the head strike.
Kronburger misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Kronburger.
Kronburger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kronburger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kronburger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Kronburger avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black lands a nice elbow.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Kronburger won't want to take too many of those.
Black with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Shawn Kronburger has been cut.
Black throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Black lands a hook that snaps the head of Kronburger backwards.
Kronburger avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kronburger.
Black misses with a body punch.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Kronburger tries to throw a body punch but Black avoids it by throwing Kronburger back against the cage.
Kronburger throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kronburger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kronburger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kronburger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Black shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Kronburger.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kronburger will feel that in the morning.
Black misses with a body shot.
Kronburger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Black fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Kronburger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Kronburger's cut.
That's time! Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Kronburger pushes him off.
Kronburger throws a predictable looking body shot
and Black counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kronburger tries to work over Black's front leg with a kick but Black checks it.
Kronburger scores with a nice strike.
Kronburger tries to bum rush Black with a series of wild strikes but Black uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kronburger throws a chopping leg kick but Black manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Black misses with a leg kick.
Black takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kronburger throws a low kick but Black moves out of range easily.
Kronburger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kronburger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kronburger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kronburger scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronburger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kronburger. Black does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Black checks the leg kick.
Kronburger drops his hands momentarily and Black takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Black avoids the head kick by Kronburger.
Kronburger misses with a low kick.
Kronburger throws an off balance right hand
and Black counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black closes the distance and clinches.
Kronburger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Black moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A cross from Kronburger lands.
Kronburger walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kronburger thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronburger clobbers Black with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kronburger just misses with a punch to the body.
Black scores with a body shot.
Black uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kronburger.
Kronburger misses with an uppercut
and Black counters with a good low kick that Kronburger was not able to check.
Black throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Black has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kronburger finds it's way round the side to connect with Black's head.
Kronburger cracks Black with a good jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Black - that will leave a mark!
The crowd cheers as Black lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kronburger doesn't seem phased though.
Kronburger looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
Shawn Kronburger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Black is looking to land body kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black blocks the body kick.
Kronburger misses with a body kick.
Kronburger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Black looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kronburger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Black scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick by Kronburger misses
and Black counters by clinching up.
Kronburger misses with a punch on the inside.
Kronburger tries to work over Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kronburger blocking some punches.
Black takes a shot to the head.
Kronburger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kronburger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Black throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Black.
Kronburger gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Black counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kronburger looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
Black pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kronburger circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kronburger counters with a nice leg kick.
Kronburger throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kronburger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black takes the fight into the clinch.
Kronburger working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Kronburger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shawn Kronburger's cut.
That's time! Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Black misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kronburger.
Black cracks the inside of Kronburger's front leg.
Kronburger digs a good body shot into Black's ribs.
Kronburger lands a left and a right that send Black crashing to the mat, dazed. Kronburger thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kronburger misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kronburger. Black does a little dance to reset his feet.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
Kronburger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kronburger throws a nice inside leg kick.
Black lands a nice hook to Kronburger's body. Kronburger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Black throws the kick towards the body but Kronburger avoids it.
Black throws out a loose jab but Kronburger uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Kronburger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kronburger thows a body shot but no joy.
Kronburger is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Black rather than just go for the knockout.
Black shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kronburger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Kronburger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kronburger connects with a crisp jab.
Kronburger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kronburger walks into a straight right hand from Black.
Kronburger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Black throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kronburger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kronburger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Black with a nice cross.
Henry Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a low kick.
Black gets tackled into the cage by Kronburger. Kronburger maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black blocking some punches.
Kronburger avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Kronburger is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Kronburger into the cage.
Kronburger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Black has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kronburger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Kronburger.
Kronburger is leaning against Black and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Black landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Black.
Black works on Kronburger's body with a couple of short punches.
Shawn Kronburger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kronburger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kronburger misses with a punch on the inside.
Kronburger works on Black's body with a couple of short punches.
Kronburger is working Black over against the cage.
Kronburger looking to slow down the pace here.
Black tries to work over Kronburger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Black lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kronburger.
Black pushes Kronburger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kronburger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kronburger misses with some punches.
Kronburger struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Kronburger swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kronburger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shawn Kronburger is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a jab to the head.
Kronburger looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
Black lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Kronburger to the canvas! Kronburger doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Black keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Black!
Henry Black made sure to mention his sponsor, Conviction in his post fight interview.
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