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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Oskars Treimanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirkovic has chosen Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up" as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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189 cm
22
213 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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193 cm
24
213 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Excellent MT
Cardio machine
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Oskars Treimanis! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Good leg kick by Treimanis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Treimanis throws a low kick, looking for Cirkovic's leg but Cirkovic calmly moves out of range. Cirkovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Treimanis manages to avoid it. Treimanis looks for the body kick but Cirkovic saw that one coming. Treimanis looks to throw the jab but Cirkovic is out of range. A big left from Treimanis misses. Treimanis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Treimanis there as he acknowledges the shot. Treimanis moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cirkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Crunch! Treimanis slams his shin into Cirkovic's torso. Cirkovic avoids the head kick by Treimanis.
Good leg kick by Treimanis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Cirkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Treimanis. Treimanis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cirkovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Treimanis. Cirkovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Treimanis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cirkovic's sensitive parts. Cirkovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Treimanis off the ropes and back into range. Treimanis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Treimanis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cirkovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Treimanis looks to land a right hand but Cirkovic moved out of range. Cirkovic dodges the punch combination from Treimanis.
Cirkovic throws a nice outside leg kick. Treimanis lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cirkovic avoids the body shot from Treimanis.
Cirkovic throws a jab when Treimanis was well out of range. Treimanis connects with a leg kick. Cirkovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Cirkovic clobbers Treimanis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Oskars Treimanis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A combination from Cirkovic does no damage. Cirkovic is looking to clinch. Cirkovic forces Treimanis back against the ropes and clinches. Cirkovic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Cirkovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Treimanis blocks it with crossed arms. Treimanis throws a head punch that misses. Cirkovic tries to throw a body punch but Treimanis avoids it by throwing Cirkovic back against the ropes. A quick uppercut on the inside from Cirkovic. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Treimanis tries to work over Cirkovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Treimanis lands with a left to the head. Cirkovic missing with knees to the body.
Treimanis throws a punch but it's blocked by Cirkovic. Cirkovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Treimanis won't want to take too many of those. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Treimanis. Cirkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cirkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Treimanis lands a left hand.
Cirkovic tries to land a knee to the head but Treimanis blocks with his arms.
Cirkovic lands a body shot. Cirkovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Cirkovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Treimanis won't want to take too many of those. Treimanis misses with the head strike.
Cirkovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cirkovic working some nice short punches in the clinch. Cirkovic lands with a short shot to the head. Cirkovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nice body punch from Cirkovic. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Treimanis. Treimanis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cirkovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Treimanis gets an underhook and turns Cirkovic into the ropes. Treimanis misses with a hook from the clinch. Treimanis misses with a punch to the body.
Treimanis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Cirkovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. With the fighters up against the ropes, Cirkovic throws an elbow but misses. Cirkovic working aggressively here.
Cirkovic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Cirkovic connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Oskars Treimanis has been cut. Cirkovic lands a right hand. Treimanis lands with a left to the head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Treimanis misses with a hook from the clinch. Cirkovic missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Treimanis misses with some punches.
Cirkovic scores with a nice hook to the head. Treimanis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cirkovic misses with a hook from the clinch. Treimanis lands on the inside with an uppercut. Cirkovic looking to throw knees to the head but Treimanis is blocking nicely.
Treimanis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Treimanis misses with a punch on the inside.
Treimanis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Treimanis. Cirkovic scores with a shot to the side of Treimanis's head. Treimanis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Treimanis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Cirkovic looking to stall.
Treimanis tries to throw a body punch but Cirkovic avoids it by throwing Treimanis back against the ropes. Treimanis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Milovan Cirkovic will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Oskars Treimanis's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Treimanis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Treimanis throws a sloppy head kick and Cirkovic moves out of range easily. Cirkovic lands with a right hand. Treimanis throws a low kick, looking for Cirkovic's leg but Cirkovic calmly moves out of range. Cirkovic 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.
A bone on bone clash there as Cirkovic blocks the leg kick.
Cirkovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Treimanis. Oskars Treimanis is winning the standup battle so far. Cirkovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Treimanis. Treimanis avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Cirkovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Cirkovic defending well as Treimanis loads up on a big left hand. Cirkovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Cirkovic looks for the body kick but Treimanis saw that one coming. Cirkovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Nice body kick there by Cirkovic. Treimanis misses the shot to the body. Cirkovic throws a leg kick which misses Treimanis's front leg but catches the back leg as Treimanis tries to avoid it. Treimanis misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Cirkovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Treimanis looks to land a body kick but Cirkovic moved away. Treimanis thows a body shot but no joy. Treimanis thumps Cirkovic with a low kick. Cirkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Treimanis moves away. Treimanis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cirkovic is looking to clinch. Treimanis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Cirkovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Treimanis throws a leg kick but Cirkovic moved away. Cirkovic cracks a nice hook into Treimanis's ribs. Cirkovic misses with a leg kick. Cirkovic scores with a decent looking hook. Cirkovic moves out of range as Treimanis strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A slapping leg kick lands for Treimanis.
Cirkovic moves out of range of the strikes. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Cirkovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Treimanis circles away.
Cirkovic throws a body punch but Treimanis moves out of range. A looping hook to the body misses from Treimanis. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet. Cirkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Treimanis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Treimanis misses with a kick to the body.
Cirkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Treimanis. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet. Cirkovic works Treimanis's body with a nice hook. Cirkovic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Treimanis is out of range. Treimanis misses with a body kick. Cirkovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cirkovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Treimanis can pounce on him.
Cirkovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cirkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Treimanis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cirkovic is able to avoid easily. Cirkovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Treimanis's sensitive parts. Treimanis drops his hands momentarily and Cirkovic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Cirkovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Treimanis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. A left lands for Cirkovic. A good leg kick by Cirkovic. Treimanis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Treimanis moves out of range of the body kick. Treimanis pushes Cirkovic away with a front kick. Nice shot by Cirkovic. Cirkovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Treimanis misses with a left hand and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Cirkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Treimanis was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirkovic. Treimanis takes one to the chin there. Treimanis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Treimanis getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Treimanis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Cirkovic 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.
Treimanis throws an overhand right that lands on Cirkovic's shoulder, as Cirkovic tries to avoid the shot. Cirkovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Cirkovic thumps Treimanis with a low kick. Cirkovic avoids a kick to the body.
Treimanis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cirkovic misses with a wild body shot. Treimanis throws a lazy right hand but Cirkovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Cirkovic moves out of range as Treimanis throws a body kick.
Treimanis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cirkovic. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Cirkovic lands a jab to the head.
Treimanis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Nice uppercut lands for Cirkovic. That snapped Treimanis's head back.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cirkovic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Milovan Cirkovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Oskars Treimanis's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cirkovic cracks the inside of Treimanis's front leg. Treimanis tries to work over Cirkovic's front leg with a kick but Cirkovic checks it. Cirkovic misses with a low kick.
Treimanis takes a swing at Cirkovic's ribcage but misses. Treimanis looks to throw a body kick and Cirkovic takes advantage, countering with a massive head kick that sends Treimanis sprawling across the canvas! That's completely screwed up his equilibrium and I'm not sure he's going to beat the count! The referee's already at 6 and Treimanis is flopping around all over the place - the referee has seen enough and has called an end to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Milovan Cirkovic! Milovan Cirkovic is the new light heavyweight champion! Our winner, Milovan Cirkovic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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