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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Charles Boler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrus Laane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laane has chosen Akon - Never Gonna Get It as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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174 lbs
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Boler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrus Laane!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boler tries to land a front kick but Laane steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Boler clinches up against the ropes.
Boler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Laane blocks an elbow strike from Boler.
Laane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Laane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boler is looking to clinch.
Laane moves away from the strike by Boler.
A punch combination from Boler misses.
Boler lands a front kick to the face, that drops Laane to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Laane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laane darts in and clinches Boler up against the ropes.
Boler missing with knees to the body.
Laane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boler throws a series of punches but Laane moves out of range.
Boler takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Laane blocks a head kick by Boler.
Laane scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Charles Boler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boler gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Laane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laane lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boler throws a head kick but Laane moves out of range.
Laane connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Laane is rocked!
Boler wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Laane is still on wobbly legs! Can Boler finish him?
Boler throws a series of punches but Laane moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Boler.
Boler misses with a head kick.
Boler tries to close the distance and clinch but Laane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laane seems to have recovered his senses.
Laane stuns Boler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laane clobbers Boler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Laane fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boler.
Laane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boler swats away the attempt to clinch by Laane.
Boler tries a head kick but it misses.
Boler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boler scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boler misses with a body kick.
Laane instigates a clinch.
Boler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laane is trying to break the clinch but Boler has him pressed against the ropes.
Laane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Laane manages to break the clinch.
Boler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boler misses with a two punch combination.
Laane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice combination there by Laane.
Boler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laane forces Boler back against the ropes and clinches.
Laane lands a body punch.
Laane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Laane.
Boler tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laane counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boler tries a head kick but it misses.
Boler throws a right and a left that Laane avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Boler should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Laane keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Charles Boler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laane lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Boler at a distance.
Boler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boler throws a sloppy head kick and Laane moves out of range easily.
Boler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Boler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boler tries to clinch up.
Boler throws a series of punches but Laane avoids them all with ease.
Laane gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boler misses with an elbow over the top.
Laane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boler's jab looks to have found its range, popping Laane under the eye.
Boler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick from Boler.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boler throws a head kick but Laane moves out of range.
Laane lands with a kick to the temple. Boler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Boler misses the jab.
Laane avoids the head kick by Boler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Boler.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laane avoids the head kick by Boler.
Boler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laane.
Laane blocks a head kick by Boler.
Laane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boler was well out of range. Poor timing from Laane.
Laane misses with a double jab.
Boler tries to move into range but Laane moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boler displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Boler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laane thows a body shot but no joy.
Boler throws a push kick but Laane slaps the foot to one side.
Laane dips to his left and cracks Boler with an uppercut!
Laane throws a nice looking combination but Boler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boler throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Laane's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laane swings for the body but Boler moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laane swats away the attempt to clinch by Boler.
Laane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boler tries a head kick but it misses.
Boler tries a head kick but it misses.
Laane has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Boler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laane swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boler scores with a one two! Laane had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Laane works the jab nicely.
Boler throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Laane counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Boler.
Laane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laane lands a two punch combo.
Boler throws a sloppy head kick and Laane moves out of range easily.
Boler misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Boler dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laane.
Boler fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boler looks to clinch
and Laane counters with a head kick. That will keep Boler thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Laane misses with a few strikes there.
Laane avoids a kick to the body.
Laane rushes Boler and presses him up against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Boler.
Laane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Boler.
Boler keeps control of Laane as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boler is looking to break free of the clinch but Laane has double underhooks.
Laane lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boler or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Laane breaks the clinch.
Boler throws a sloppy head kick and Laane moves out of range easily.
Laane blocks a head kick by Boler.
Boler throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Boler.
Boler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Laane.
Laane closes the distance and pushes Boler back into the ropes.
Laane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boler.
Laane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boler avoids it.
Boler prevents a body shot from Laane.
Boler landing knees to the body.
Laane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boler scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laane's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Boler connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laane scrambles back to his feet.
Boler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Laane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Charles Boler is winning the standup battle so far.
Boler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boler fails to land with a series of punches.
Boler gets tackled into the ropes by Laane. Laane maintains the clinch.
Laane lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Laane to work.
Boler lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boler circles away quickly and effectively.
Laane misses with a series of wild punches.
Laane takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Charles Boler did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Laane lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boler circles away quickly and effectively.
Laane moves out of range of the body kick.
Laane lands with a good body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Laane. Those never looked like landing.
Boler tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Laane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Laane lands an impressive looking overhand right. Boler doesn't seem phased though.
Boler tries a head kick but it misses.
Laane moves in looking to clinch but Boler pushes him off.
Laane fails to land with a series of punches.
Boler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laane circles away quickly and effectively.
Laane looks to land a combination but Boler avoids it well.
Laane thows a left - swing and a miss!
No joy there for Boler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boler throws the left hand but Laane avoids the punch easily.
Boler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane clinches.
Boler scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Laane scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laane closes the distance and clinches.
Andrus Laane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laane throws out the jab.
Laane throws a low kick, looking for Boler's leg but Boler calmly moves out of range.
Boler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laane.
Boler walks into a stiff left hand from Laane.
Laane closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laane's brow.
Boler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
Boler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laane is leaning against Boler and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boler lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boler scores with a knee to the head.
Boler is looking to break free of the clinch but Laane has double underhooks.
Boler is trying to stall.
Boler misses with a knee to the head.
Boler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laane avoids the elbow strike from Boler, against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Laane.
Laane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Laane.
Laane ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boler. Laane does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for Boler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boler throws a series of punches but Laane moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Laane.
Boler takes a swing at Laane's ribcage but misses.
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 Charles Boler will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Laane lands a lovely overhand right.
Boler misses with a right hand
and Laane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boler moves into range and connects with a jab.
Laane misses with a wild combination.
Laane scores with a nice head shot.
Laane moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Laane circles away from the clinch attempt.
Laane swats away the attempt to clinch by Boler.
Boler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boler takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Laane fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Boler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laane slips under a jab from Boler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boler feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laanes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laane avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laane forces Boler back against the ropes and clinches.
Laane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laane throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laane blocks a head kick by Boler.
Left hook, right uppercut from Laane.
Boler throws a jab but it's blocked by Laane.
Boler pushes Laane away with a front kick.
A head kick by Boler misses
and Laane counters with a three punch combo that has Boler backing up. Boler nods at Laane to acknowledge the strikes.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Boler keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boler throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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!
Laane moves into the clinch successfully.
Laane misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boler.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laane.
Boler trying to land knees to the body.
Laane lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Boler lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Laane has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laane and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A head kick by Boler misses
and Laane counters with a nice uppercut.
Laane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boler throws a right and a left that Laane avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boler tries a head kick but it misses.
Boler takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Andrus Laane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charles Boler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laane stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boler.
Boler connects with a body shot that sends Laane's belly button to the back.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Charles Boler.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:47
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Boler!
Charles Boler was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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