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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint comes into the arena with Be Aggresive by Faith No More blaring out of the sound system. Holmes has chosen F.A.M.E as his entrance music. Kain Saint has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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189 cm
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221 lbs
23 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint throws a leg kick but Holmes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Saint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kain Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes throws a head kick that Saint semi-blocks.
Saint takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Saint throws a push kick but Holmes slaps the foot to one side.
A jab lands there for Holmes.
Saint keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holmes. Saint does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Saint buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint throws a lazy right hand but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saint lands a jab to the nose.
Good work by Holmes as he checks the leg kick.
Saint tests Holmes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Saint on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holmes. Holmes obviously looking to wear him down.
Holmes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Holmes there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes connects with a solid leg kick.
Holmes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A shot to the liver by Saint. Beautiful body shot.
Rodney Holmes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holmes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Holmes checks a low kick from Saint.
Holmes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Saint scoring well with a low kick there.
Saint cracks a nice hook into Holmes's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Saint jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Saint misses.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saint. That's going to slow Holmes down.
Saint misses the jab.
Holmes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes is looking to clinch.
Holmes avoids the body shot from Saint.
Holmes swings widly with a right hand
enabling Saint to counter with a crisp jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Holmes.
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saint connects with a single shot there.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
Saint lands a head kick. Holmes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Saint misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Holmes.
Holmes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - Saint coming out on top.
Holmes wants to clinch.
Saint lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws out a leg kick but Holmes moves out of range and Saint only half commits.
Saint will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Saint tests Holmes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Holmes stuffs the takedown attempt from Saint. Saint gets slowly back to his feet.
Saint takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
Holmes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saint looks to land a left hand but Holmes moved out of range nicely.
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Holmes clobbers Saint with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saint throws a leg kick
and Holmes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint misses with a hook. Holmes ducked under it nicely.
Holmes scores with a jab to the head.
A right-left combo lands from Saint.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint checks a leg kick.
Saint doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Saint throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Holmes misses.
Holmes ducks under a wild hook from Saint.
Saint checks a low kick from Holmes.
Saint on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Holmes as Saint shoots in.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Saint's calf.
Saint takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Saint moves out of range as Holmes throws a body kick.
Holmes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saint.
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 Kain Saint will probably get the nod.
That's time! Saint's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saint.
Holmes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saint.
Saint throws a half hearted mid kick.
Holmes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holmes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick from Holmes.
Saint scores with a jab to the jaw.
Saint misses with a looping right.
Saint misses with a wild body shot.
Holmes misses with a straight right.
Saint takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good work by Saint as he checks the leg kick.
Saint throws a leg kick but Holmes sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes lands a front kick.
Holmes blocks the body kick.
Saint lands a nice leg kick that just misses Holmes's sensitive parts.
Holmes punishes Saint's body with a nice straight punch.
Saint throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes misses with a double jab.
Saint takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Holmes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saint.
An inside leg kick from Saint misses.
Kain Saint is winning the standup battle so far.
Holmes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good standup being displayed there by Saint as he connects with a hook.
Saint misses with a two punch combination.
Saint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holmes thumps Saint with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint jabs Holmes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Holmes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Holmes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A leg kick checked by Holmes.
Holmes thuds a left hand into Saint's body.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
Holmes is looking to land body kicks.
Saint lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saint paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Holmes staying out of range there.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Saint circles away and keeps his distance.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good work by Holmes as he checks the leg kick.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saint swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Saint is avoiding it.
Jab by Saint.
Holmes moves out of range of the body kick.
Saint looks to land a combination but Holmes avoids it well.
Saint stuns Holmes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Holmes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Saint looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Saint circles away and keeps his distance.
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
Saint misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holmes misses with a hook.
Holmes drops his hands momentarily and Saint takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Saint lands with an uppercut that bounces Holmes off the cage and back into range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holmes lands a nice looking body kick.
Saint blocks a jab.
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.
A big right from Saint misses.
Holmes looks to land a right hand but Saint moved out of range.
Saint chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Saint digs a good hook to Holmes's body.
Holmes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Saint tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Holmes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.
Holmes throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kain Saint will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Holmes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Saint.
Holmes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saint looks to land a right hand but Holmes moved out of range.
Saint throws a hook but Holmes avoids it easily.
Holmes scores with a head kick.
Saint keeps the fight on the outside.
Holmes lands with a nice body kick.
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
Holmes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Holmes moves out of range as Saint throws a body kick.
Saint throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holmes avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saint.
Saint takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Holmes swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
Saint throws a leg kick but Holmes checks it.
Holmes lands with a slapping head kick.
Holmes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Saint takes a swing at Holmes's ribcage but misses.
Holmes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saint throws out the jab.
Holmes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saint can pounce on him.
Holmes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holmes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Saint on the side of the head.
Holmes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Saint throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
Holmes forces Saint back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holmes misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saint.
Saint pushes Holmes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saint missing with knees to the body.
Saint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holmes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saint decides to pull guard.
Holmes postures up.
Rodney Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saint is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holmes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Holmes stands up from Saint's guard - Holmes perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws a jab when Holmes was well out of range.
Saint scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
An inside leg kick from Holmes misses.
Saint scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Holmes slaps away a takedown attempt from Saint, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Holmes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saint avoids the body shot from Holmes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saint. Holmes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saint throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Saint throws a quick inside leg kick.
Holmes checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a looping right.
Good exchange - Holmes coming out on top.
Holmes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saint connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint throws out a leg kick but Holmes moves out of range and Saint only half commits.
Saint will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Holmes throws the kick towards the body but Saint avoids it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Holmes!
Nice shot by Holmes.
Holmes throws a low kick but Saint avoids it.
Holmes missing with a left hand there. Saint was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saint misses with a low kick.
Holmes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Holmes missing with a left hand there. Saint was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rodney Holmes.
Well Saint has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kain Saint!
Post fight, Kain Saint stared into the camera and said 'OK....who's next?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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