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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John MacMillen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John MacMillen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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219 lbs
10 - 11 - 0 |
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214 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Very strong
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John MacMillen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacMillen lands a right hook to the body.
Young is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
MacMillen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Young takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
MacMillen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young forces MacMillen back against the ropes and clinches.
MacMillen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
MacMillen has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Young's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
MacMillen blocks an elbow strike.
Young tries a body shot but MacMillen blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from MacMillen fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Young just misses with a elbow thrown towards MacMillen's brow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
MacMillen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Young lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
MacMillen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for MacMillen.
A short right from MacMillen on the inside.
MacMillen misses with a punch to the body.
MacMillen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Young pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
MacMillen tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young working MacMillen over with knees to the body.
MacMillen blocks an uppercut.
MacMillen prevents a body shot from Young.
MacMillen looking to slow down the pace here.
MacMillen lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of MacMillen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by MacMillen.
Young avoiding damage as MacMillen throws knees to the body.
Young connects with a nasty looking knee right to MacMillen's face.
MacMillen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young misses with a head kick.
Dan Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacMillen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacMillen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to MacMillen's calf.
Young misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a front kick that sends MacMillen stumbling back into the ropes.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and MacMillen moves out of range easily.
Young lands a lovely overhand right.
MacMillen scores with a jab to the head.
MacMillen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Young.
It looks like Dan Young has been cut.
Young has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from MacMillen finds it's way round the side to connect with Young's head.
MacMillen looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
MacMillen clobbers Young with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
MacMillen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
MacMillen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Young on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
MacMillen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John MacMillen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Young's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
MacMillen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Young connects with a right hand. MacMillen shakes it off.
MacMillen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
MacMillen fails to land with a series of punches.
MacMillen swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. MacMillen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young lands with a slapping head kick.
MacMillen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
MacMillen misses the jab.
MacMillen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
MacMillen scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young cracks MacMillen with a good jab.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
MacMillen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from MacMillen.
A chopping leg kick lands by MacMillen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacMillen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young.
Young dodges the punch combination from MacMillen.
Young throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and MacMillen moves out of range easily.
Dan Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
MacMillen swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
MacMillen scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but MacMillen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young throws a head kick but MacMillen moves out of range.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
MacMillen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
MacMillen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
MacMillen blocks a head kick by Young.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Young blocks the low kick.
Young misses with a head kick.
Young takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
MacMillen throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
MacMillen throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young lands with a hook. MacMillen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Young throws a head kick but MacMillen moves out of range.
MacMillen circles away from the clinch attempt.
MacMillen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
MacMillen avoids the head kick by Young.
MacMillen lands with a hook. Young tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John MacMillen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Young's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Young gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
MacMillen thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Young lands a nice looking body shot.
MacMillen lands a nice shot that snaps Young's head back.
MacMillen thows a left - swing and a miss!
John MacMillen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
MacMillen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
MacMillen with a hook.
Young is rocked!
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. MacMillen moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Young! MacMillen continues to tee off on Young, landing with a left and a right! MacMillen connects with a right hand that leaves Young sleeping against the ropes! What a finish by MacMillen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). John MacMillen!
John MacMillen tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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hype
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