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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jobert Kulot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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185 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jobert Kulot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Miles Paul!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulot plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kulot thows a body kick. Paul tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Paul throws an overhand right that lands on Kulot's shoulder, as Kulot tries to avoid the shot.
Paul scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kulot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paul.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kulot. That's going to slow Paul down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kulot misses with a wild body shot.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kulot takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kulot tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miles Paul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulot looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kulot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paul throws a hook but Kulot blocks it.
Paul misses with an uppercut. Kulot saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulot misses with a hook.
Kulot closes the distance looking to clinch
and Paul counters with a nice uppercut.
Kulot with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've been informed that Paul 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.
Paul throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kulot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paul.
Kulot moves out of range as Paul strikes.
Kulot wants to clinch up but Paul keeps it at a distance.
Kulot scores with a jab to the jaw.
Paul sizes up Kulot with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kulot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paul throws an overhand right that lands on Kulot's shoulder, as Kulot tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulot gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kulot ducks under a wild hook from Paul.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulot moves out of range of the strikes.
Kulot lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Paul throws a hook to the side of Kulot's head but Kulot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kulot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paul.
Paul takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Paul ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Paul swings for the body but Kulot moves out of range.
Kulot fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Paul has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kulot is looking to clinch but Paul is avoiding it.
Paul lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Paul misses with a right hand
and Kulot counters with an inside leg kick.
Paul's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paul swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kulot.
Paul misses with a hook.
Kulot connects with a high kick.
Paul is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kulot.
Paul misses with the combination.
Kulot scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Paul doesn't seem bothered though.
Paul misses with a hook
and Kulot counters with a low kick, right behind Paul 's knee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulot chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Paul takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Paul throws a looping overhand right but Kulot ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulot throws a hook but Paul blocks it.
Paul misses with a hook.
Kulot is looking to land body kicks.
Paul throws a hook but Kulot avoids it easily.
Paul scores with a jab to the body.
Paul takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Paul misses its intended target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kulot. That's going to slow Paul down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kulot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kulot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kulot defending well as Paul loads up on a big left hand.
Kulot's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Kulot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paul.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jobert Kulot dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kulot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paul cracks a nice hook into Kulot's ribs.
Kulot closes the distance and pushes Paul back into the cage.
Paul is trying to push Kulot away but Kulot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A knee to the head by Kulot.
It looks like Miles Paul has been cut.
Kulot lands a knee to the head.
Kulot can't find room to land a body shot as Paul controls the action.
Paul swings wildly with an uppercut but Kulot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kulot with a knee to the head.
Kulot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Paul is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kulot unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paul lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kulot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kulot lands a knee to the head.
Kulot with a knee to the head.
Kulot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kulot prevents a body shot from Paul.
Kulot connects with a nasty looking knee right to Paul's face.
Paul is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paul is still on wobbly legs! Can Kulot finish him?
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kulot scores with a shot to the side of Paul's head.
Kulot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paul takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kulot landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paul works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Kulot putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paul in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Paul seems to have recovered his senses.
Paul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paul tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kulot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paul is looking to break free of the clinch but Kulot has double underhooks.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paul avoids it.
Kulot trying to land knees to the body.
Paul tries to break the clinch but Kulot is controlling the position.
Paul misses with a punch to the body.
Kulot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kulot.
Kulot crunches a lovely knee into Paul's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulot using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kulot lands a knee to the head.
Paul fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kulot throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paul misses with some punches.
Kulot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kulot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Paul as the two fighters clinch.
Paul throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paul lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kulot.
Paul misses with a body punch.
Paul is trying to break free.
Kulot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Paul.
Paul tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Kulot.
Kulot lands a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Kulot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Paul does no damage.
Paul needs to keep his hands up - Kulot had a free shot at his head there.
Kulot scores with a head kick.
Paul connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kulot blocks a jab.
Paul jabs Kulot right on the nose. Kulot blinks but takes it well.
Paul avoids the head kick by Kulot.
Kulot throws a leg kick which misses Paul's front leg but catches the back leg as Paul tries to avoid it.
Paul swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paul swings for the body but Kulot moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulot looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paul throws a right hand that misses
and Kulot counters with an inside leg kick.
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!
Paul changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Paul lands a jab to Kulot's midsection.
Paul slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kulot throws a nice head kick!
Paul thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from Paul.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kulot moves out of range of the strikes.
Kulot tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paul avoids the head kick by Kulot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jobert Kulot dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miles Paul's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Paul cracks Kulot with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kulot ducks under a wild hook from Paul.
Paul scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Jobert Kulot has been cut.
Paul smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kulot's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Paul connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kulot scrambles back to his feet.
Kulot takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulot comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Paul. Beautiful body shot.
Paul just misses with a punch to the body.
Kulot throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kulot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Kulot.
Jobert Kulot is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Paul misses.
Paul takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kulot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Paul takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A solid body kick from Kulot.
Paul swings for the body but Kulot moves out of range.
Paul ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paul 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.
Kulot lands a slapping body shot.
Kulot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paul.
Paul throws a sloppy body shot
and Kulot counters with a nice leg kick.
Paul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kulot manages to avoid it.
Miles Paul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul misses with a two punch combination.
Kulot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from Paul.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulot blocks a jab.
Paul swings for the body but Kulot moves out of range.
Paul steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kulot. That one must have hurt.
Kulot tries to clinch there but Paul circles away.
Paul 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.
Kulot tries a head kick but it misses.
Kulot's corner calls for a 1-2. Kulot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.
Kulot landing knees to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paul.
Kulot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paul has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paul blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paul lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kulot backwards.
Paul is trying to push Kulot away but Kulot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jobert Kulot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Paul tries to break the clinch but Kulot is controlling the position.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paul lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kulot.
Paul digs a right hand into Kulot's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kulot's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paul.
Paul lands a left hand.
Paul on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paul tries a body shot but Kulot blocks it.
A short right from Paul.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kulot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kulot backwards.
Paul avoiding damage as Kulot throws knees to the body.
Paul lands a right hand.
Paul throws a punch but it's blocked by Kulot.
Paul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paul stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paul misses with a punch to the body.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but Paul blocks it.
Kulot misses with a punch to the body.
Paul lands a shoulder strike.
Kulot landing knees to the head.
Still in the clinch, Paul scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paul tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kulot's elbow.
Paul lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paul lands a shot to the body.
Paul lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paul can't find room to land a body shot as Kulot controls the action.
Paul is working Kulot over against the cage.
Jobert Kulot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paul lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miles Paul comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kulot has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jobert Kulot!
An out of breath Jobert Kulot thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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