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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bernhard Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arroyo Malavino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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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
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernhard Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arroyo Malavino!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws the left hand but Malavino avoids the punch easily.
Taylor rushes Malavino and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malavino.
Taylor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Taylor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taylor is struggling to control the position.
Malavino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malavino breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Malavino uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor cracks Malavino with a good jab.
Malavino connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taylor. Taylor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Taylor lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bernhard Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Malavino checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taylor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malavino was well out of range. Poor timing from Taylor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malavino wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Malavino throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Taylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Malavino lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Malavino is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Malavino into the ropes.
Malavino displaying some good clinch control by pressing Taylor up against the ropes.
Malavino lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Malavino blocks an elbow strike from Taylor.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Malavino as Taylor tries to tie him up.
Taylor tries a body shot but Malavino blocks it.
Taylor tries to work over Malavino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taylor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Malavino as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor pushes Malavino back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malavino has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Taylor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Malavino can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taylor is struggling to control the position.
Malavino blocking some punches.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Taylor wants to stall.
Malavino struggles to land a body shot inside as Taylor controls his hands.
Taylor prevents Malavino from breaking the clinch.
Taylor working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Taylor avoiding damage as Malavino throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malavino pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Malavino misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernhard Taylor dominated that round.
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.
Malavino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malavino cracks Taylor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice shot lands for Taylor.
A slow jab from Malavino misses its intended target.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Malavino scores with a punch to the head.
Taylor avoids the head kick by Malavino.
Taylor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malavino scores with a jab. Taylor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Taylor tries to move into range but Malavino moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Malavino keeps it at a distance.
Taylor lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Malavino tries a low kick but Taylor avoids it.
The fighters circling - Malavino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malavino misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Malavino.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Malavino circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Taylor 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 Malavino has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Malavino and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Malavino lands a nice shot that snaps Taylor's head back.
Malavino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Malavino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Malavino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malavino gets tackled into the ropes by Taylor. Taylor maintains the clinch.
Malavino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malavino scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malavino breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Taylor.
Taylor jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Malavino moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor throws a hook but Malavino blocks it.
Taylor scores with a decent looking hook.
Malavino connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Malavino walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Taylor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malavino circles away quickly and effectively.
Taylor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Malavino connects with an inside leg kick.
Malavino swinging wildly here.
Taylor lands a jab to the nose.
Nice uppercut lands for Taylor. That snapped Malavino's head back.
Malavino delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malavino forces Taylor back against the ropes and clinches.
Malavino throws an elbow but it misses.
Bernhard Taylor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taylor being controlled against the ropes.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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 Bernhard Taylor will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Taylor looks to land a left hand but Malavino moved out of range nicely.
Malavino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taylor connects with a high kick.
A head kick misses from Malavino.
Taylor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Taylor lands with a hook. Malavino tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Malavino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malavino connects with a nice looking jab.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor misses with a hook
and Malavino counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malavino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malavino moves away from the strike by Taylor.
Taylor attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malavino cracks Taylor with an open hand slap.
Malavino tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Taylor 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.
A swing and a miss from Malavino.
A slow jab from Malavino misses its intended target.
Malavino throws a big shot that misses.
Bernhard Taylor is winning the standup battle so far.
Malavino swings for the body but Taylor moves out of range.
Malavino takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Malavino circles away.
Taylor has closed the distance and engaged Malavino in a clinch.
Taylor tries a body shot but Malavino blocks it.
Taylor tries to work over Malavino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malavino lands with a light punch inside.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor blocks an uppercut.
Malavino blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malavino looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Malavino working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Taylor.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Malavino uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Malavino on the inside.
Taylor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Malavino lands a hook that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Malavino is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Taylor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Malavino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taylor is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Malavino.
Taylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Malavinos head.
Taylor misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Bernhard Taylor did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Malavino throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Malavino swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taylor avoids a kick to the body.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Malavino throws a quick inside leg kick.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Malavino uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Malavino.
Malavino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
Taylor takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Taylor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sloppy strikes from Taylor. Those never looked like landing.
Taylor tests Malavino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Malavino turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Malavino avoids it well.
Taylor moves out of range of the body kick.
A left lands for Malavino.
Malavino clinches with his opponent.
Malavino makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Taylor misses with the head strike.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Malavino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor prevents a body shot from Malavino.
Taylor looking to stall.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Taylor throws an elbow but misses.
Taylor lands an elbow just above Malavino 's eye.
Taylor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malavino lands a hook that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Taylor blocks an uppercut.
Taylor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Malavino scores with a shot to the side of Taylor's head.
Taylor avoids the elbow strike from Malavino, against the ropes.
Taylor lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor avoids a wild elbow strike from Malavino.
Taylor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Taylor wants to break free but Malavino has control.
Malavino scores with a shot to the side of Taylor's head.
Taylor tries to circle away but Malavino has him pinned against the ropes.
Taylor misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor lands with a short shot to the head.
Malavino blocks a body shot from Taylor.
Taylor blocks the elbow strike.
Malavino misses with a punch on the inside.
Malavino missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arroyo Malavino dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Malavino saw that one coming.
Arroyo Malavino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taylor slips a jab from Malavino.
Malavino throws a wild body kick that Taylor sees coming a mile off.
Malavino throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor tries to clinch but Malavino moves out of range.
Malavino takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
Taylor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Malavino.
Malavino looks to land a combination. Taylor sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Taylor scores with a hook to the body. Malavino takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Malavino does it's job there.
Taylor slips a straight right by Malavino.
Malavino throws a good cross that connects.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor connects with a single shot there.
Malavino throws a head kick but Taylor moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Malavino.
Taylor is rocked!
Malavino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taylor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oh Taylor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malavino looks to land a right hand but Taylor moved out of range.
Malavino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malavino tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor seems to have got his legs back now.
Malavino lands with a cross.
Malavino swings widly with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Malavino moves into the clinch.
Malavino tries to work over Taylor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bernhard Taylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taylor blocking some punches.
Malavino stalling in the clinch but Taylor improves position.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Malavino controls the action.
Taylor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taylor misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Malavino.
Malavino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malavino working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malavino scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taylor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malavino.
Taylor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A chopping leg kick lands by Malavino.
Taylor wants to land a leg kick but Malavino is out of range.
Malavino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Malavino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Malavino has managed to clinch.
Malavino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malavino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malavino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Malavino pushes Taylor back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Taylor - that landed with a thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arroyo Malavino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bernhard Taylor!
Bernhard Taylor made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Give me Danny green, I want payback!!'.
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energy
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hype
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