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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Karol Tarczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alessio Legionarius told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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200 lbs
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192 lbs
23 - 12 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Karol Tarczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legionarius throws a hook but Tarczynski blocks it.
Tarczynski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tarczynski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Legionarius makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A swing and a miss from Tarczynski.
Legionarius moves in looking to clinch but Tarczynski pushes him off.
Tarczynski throws a hook but Legionarius avoids it easily.
Tarczynski moves out of range of the body kick from Legionarius.
Tarczynski lands a really nice looking cross but Legionarius seems unphased.
Tarczynski cracks the inside of Legionarius's front leg.
Legionarius fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karol Tarczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legionarius checks a leg kick nicely.
Good leg kick by Tarczynski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tarczynski keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tarczynski.
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!
Tarczynski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Legionarius walks into a left hand.
Legionarius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tarczynski moves away.
Legionarius tries to clinch but Tarczynski is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski walks forward, straight into a front kick from Legionarius.
Legionarius tries to clinch but Tarczynski moves out of range.
Legionarius thumps Tarczynski with a low kick.
Nice shot by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Legionarius.
Tarczynski misses the jab.
Tarczynski tries to clinch up but Legionarius circles away and keeps his distance.
Tarczynski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Legionarius is out of range and Tarczynski settles back down.
Legionarius tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tarczynski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tarczynski throws a head kick that Legionarius semi-blocks.
Legionarius moves away from the strike by Tarczynski.
Legionarius takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Legionarius wants to clinch.
Tarczynski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Karol Tarczynski has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarczynski connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius connects with a right hand. Tarczynski shakes it off.
Tarczynski misses with a two punch combination.
Tarczynski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karol Tarczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Legionarius misses with an uppercut. Tarczynski saw that one coming.
Tarczynski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Legionarius tries to clinch but Tarczynski is having none of it.
Tarczynski throws a right hand that misses
and Legionarius counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tarczynski checks a leg kick.
That kick from Legionarius tenderised Tarczynski's leg. Tarczynski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Legionarius throws a poor cross that misses
and Tarczynski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tarczynski cracks Legionarius with a good jab.
Tarczynski lands a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tarczynski wants to slow Legionarius down by chopping away at his legs.
Tarczynski throws a sloppy head kick
and Legionarius counters with a nice uppercut.
Legionarius thuds his right hand into Tarczynski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alessio Legionarius will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Legionarius misses with a wild body shot.
Tarczynski is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Tarczynski does it's job there.
Legionarius's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tarczynski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Legionarius scrambles back to his feet.
Legionarius tries to land a leg kick but Tarczynski saw it coming and moves away.
Tarczynski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Legionarius throws a push kick but Tarczynski slaps the foot to one side.
Tarczynski misses with a straight right.
Legionarius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tarczynski misses with a low kick.
Tarczynski throws a head kick but Legionarius moves out of range.
Tarczynski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Legionarius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tarczynski.
A bone on bone clash there as Tarczynski blocks the leg kick.
Tarczynski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Legionarius finds it's way round the side to connect with Tarczynski's head.
Tarczynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Legionarius.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski blocking some punches.
Tarczynski stalling against the ropes.
Legionarius lands with a left to the head.
Tarczynski wants to stall.
Tarczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Legionarius.
Tarczynski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Legionarius tries to throw a body punch but Tarczynski avoids it by throwing Legionarius back against the ropes.
Tarczynski is trying to maintain a safe position but Legionarius gets an underhook and turns Tarczynski into the ropes.
Legionarius blocks a body shot from Tarczynski.
A short left from Legionarius.
A body shot lands from Legionarius.
A head punch on the inside from Tarczynski fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Legionarius lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tarczynski or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski stalling in the clinch but Legionarius improves position.
Legionarius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tarczynski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Legionariuss head.
Tarczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.
Tarczynski stalling in the clinch but Legionarius improves position.
A shot in the inside from Legionarius.
Tarczynski misses with the head strike.
Tarczynski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tarczynski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Legionarius scores with a hook to the body.
Legionarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tarczynski 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!
Legionarius lands with a left to the head.
Tarczynski pushes Legionarius back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tarczynski misses with some punches.
Tarczynski lands with a short shot to the head.
Tarczynski misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alessio Legionarius will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Legionarius fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legionarius slips a jab from Tarczynski.
The fighters circling - Tarczynski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tarczynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Legionarius.
Legionarius throws a sloppy head kick and Tarczynski moves out of range easily.
Tarczynski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Legionarius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tarczynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tarczynski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Legionarius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Legionarius gets a clinch.
Legionarius misses with the head strike.
Legionarius scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tarczynski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tarczynski misses with a punch to the body.
Legionarius tries to throw a body punch but Tarczynski avoids it by throwing Legionarius back against the ropes.
Tarczynski lands with a short shot to the head.
Legionarius taking a breather.
Legionarius lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Legionarius.
Legionarius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tarczynski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legionarius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tarczynski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Legionarius misses with a body punch.
Tarczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Tarczynski tries to throw a body punch but Legionarius avoids it by throwing Tarczynski back against the ropes.
Tarczynski misses with a body punch.
Alessio Legionarius seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tarczynski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tarczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Legionarius controls his hands.
Legionarius blocks a body shot from Tarczynski.
Legionarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tarczynski lands a left hand.
Legionarius blocks an uppercut.
Tarczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Legionarius controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legionarius misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski tries a body shot but Legionarius blocks it.
Tarczynski works on Legionarius's body with a couple of short punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tarczynski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Legionarius or not.
Tarczynski blocks an uppercut.
Legionarius can't break the clinch.
Legionarius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarczynski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tarczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarczynski trying to control the position but instead, Legionarius has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tarczynski into the ropes.
Tarczynski swings wildly with an uppercut but Legionarius uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Tarczynski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Karol Tarczynski did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Legionarius shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Legionarius tries to clinch but Tarczynski moves out of range.
Tarczynski avoids the head kick by Legionarius.
Tarczynski scores with a head kick. Legionarius tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tarczynski thuds a left hand into Legionarius's body.
Tarczynski throws a looping overhand right but Legionarius ducks down to avoid it.
Legionarius has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski cracks a nice hook into Legionarius's ribs.
Legionarius wants to clinch
and Tarczynski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Legionarius avoids the head kick by Tarczynski.
A slow jab from Legionarius misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Legionarius.
Legionarius gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legionarius ducks under a wild hook from Tarczynski.
A head kick misses from Tarczynski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tarczynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Legionarius.
Tarczynski defending well as Legionarius loads up on a big left hand.
Legionarius throws a push kick but Tarczynski slaps the foot to one side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski ducks under a wild hook from Legionarius.
Legionarius missing with a left hand there. Tarczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tarczynski looks to score with a jab to the body but Legionarius is just out of range.
Legionarius blocks a leg kick.
Legionarius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Legionarius tries to close the distance and clinch but Tarczynski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tarczynski, as that shot connected.
Legionarius has Tarczynski up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short left from Legionarius.
Legionarius tries to work over Tarczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tarczynski misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarczynski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Legionarius stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski moves out of range of the body kick from Legionarius.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tarczynski throws a leg kick which misses Legionarius's front leg but catches the back leg as Legionarius tries to avoid it.
Tarczynski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karol Tarczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Legionarius misses with a low kick.
Legionarius lands with a right hand.
Tarczynski ducks right into an uppercut from Legionarius.
Tarczynski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Tarczynski misses.
Legionarius misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Legionarius fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tarczynski throws a leg kick but Legionarius checks it.
Legionarius throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tarczynski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karol Tarczynski had his way with Alessio Legionarius in that round.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A low kick from Tarczynski misses
and Legionarius counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tarczynski missing with a left hand there. Legionarius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Legionarius tries to clinch but Tarczynski is having none of it.
Legionarius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tarczynski.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tarczynski.
Tarczynski misses with a kick to the body.
Legionarius displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarczynski throws out the jab.
Tarczynski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A jab lands there for Legionarius.
Tarczynski thows a leg kick but Legionarius checks it
and Legionarius counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tarczynski moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tarczynski slips under a jab from Legionarius.
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!
Legionarius connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tarczynski misses with a straight left.
Legionarius tries to clinch there but Tarczynski circles away.
Legionarius tries to close the distance and clinch but Tarczynski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski throws a leg kick but Legionarius checks it.
A slow jab from Tarczynski misses its intended target.
Legionarius tries to clinch up.
Tarczynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tarczynski moves away from the strike by Legionarius.
Legionarius takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tarczynski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tarczynski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Legionarius. That did some damage!
Tarczynski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tarczynski feints and then cracks Legionarius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Legionarius down.
Tarczynski motions for Legionarius to come forward. Tarczynski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tarczynski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Legionarius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Legionarius is looking to clinch but Tarczynski is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Legionarius checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Legionarius misses with a straight left.
Tarczynski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Legionarius misses.
Tarczynski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tarczynski!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarczynski misses with an uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Legionarius there.
Legionarius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tarczynski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Legionarius just misses with a punch to the body.
Tarczynski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Legionarius lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tarczynski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Legionarius has managed to clinch.
Legionarius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tarczynski stalling in the clinch but Legionarius improves position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Karol Tarczynski.
I think Tarczynski 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:47
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 49:47
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karol Tarczynski!
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