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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shia Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Clocks. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
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216 lbs
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shia Locke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ash Berry!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locke lands a jab-cross combination.
Berry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Locke's head.
Berry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Locke misses with a wild body shot.
Berry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Locke has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo's -Temple of Illumination in the buildup to the fight.
Locke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berry.
Locke rushes Berry and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Berry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Locke backwards.
Locke blocks an uppercut.
Locke tries a body shot but Berry blocks it.
Berry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Locke can't find room to land a body shot as Berry controls the action.
Berry working aggressively here.
Berry tries a body shot but Locke blocks it.
Locke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Locke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berry prevents a body shot from Locke.
Locke blocks a body shot from Berry.
Locke is trying to maintain a safe position but Berry gets an underhook and turns Locke into the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Locke.
We've been informed that Berry has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch on the inside from Locke fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Locke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berry tries to throw a body punch but Locke avoids it by throwing Berry back against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Locke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Locke prevents a body shot from Berry.
Locke working aggressively here.
Locke is trying to break the clinch but Berry has him pressed against the ropes.
Locke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Berry.
Berry scores with a shot to the side of Locke's head.
A short right from Berry.
Berry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Berry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Locke lands with a left 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!
Locke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Berry.
Berry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Berry scores with a shoulder strike.
Locke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berry's elbow.
Locke scores with a shot to the side of Berry's head.
A frustrated look appears on Locke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Berry throws a head punch that misses.
Berry blocks an uppercut.
Locke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berry pushes Locke back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Berry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Berry makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Berry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Locke's elbow.
Locke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Locke.
Berry lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Berry.
Berry lands a right hand.
Locke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Locke working aggressively here.
Berry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Berry lands a right hand.
Locke digs a right hand underneath Berry's ribcage. Berry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Berry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Locke.
Berry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A hook to the body from Berry.
Berry gets through Locke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Locke tries to throw a body punch but Berry avoids it by throwing Locke back against the ropes.
Locke looking to slow down the pace here.
Locke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Berry dominated that round.
That's time! Locke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Locke slips a jab from Berry.
Locke moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Locke sizes up Berry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Berry has Locke up against the ropes in a clinch.
Berry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Berry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Locke swings wildly with an uppercut but Berry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Locke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Berry lands a nice uppercut.
Berry lands an uppercut.
Berry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Berry tries a body shot but Locke blocks it.
Berry lands with a left to the head.
Berry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Berry lands a left hand.
Locke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Locke wants to stall.
Berry scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berry has a couple of punches blocked by Locke.
Ash Berry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Berry.
Locke can't find room to land a body shot as Berry controls the action.
Berry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Locke is rocked!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body punch from Berry - that landed with a thud.
Locke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Berry.
Locke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Locke blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Berry.
Berry misses with a punch to the body.
Berry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Berry.
Berry lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Locke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Locke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Berry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Locke seems to have got his legs back now.
Locke lands with a short shot to the head.
Berry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Berry lands a shoulder strike.
Berry lands a shot to the body.
Berry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Locke's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Locke.
Berry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Berry.
A short right from Berry.
Berry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Berry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Berry lands a shot to the body.
Locke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Berry.
Berry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Berry.
Nice body punch from Berry.
Berry creates a bit of space and cracks Locke with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Locke is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
Berry drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Locke onto his butt! Locke pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Locke takes a jab right on the kisser.
Berry closes the distance and catches Locke with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Locke is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Locke is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Locke is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Berry takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ash Berry!
Ash Berry very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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