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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between J J Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Radar Salter was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, J J Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Radar Salter!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker tries a low kick but Salter avoids it.
Tucker takes one on the button.
Salter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tucker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tucker drives through and clinches with Salter against the cage.
Tucker lands a left hand.
Tucker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Salter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tucker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tucker lands with a nice body kick.
Salter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tucker's head backwards.
Salter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Salter misses with a series of wild punches.
Tucker motions for Salter to come forward. Tucker throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tucker looks to land a body kick but Salter moved away.
Salter gets tackled into the cage by Tucker. Tucker maintains the clinch.
Tucker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Salter backwards.
Salter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salter has had enough of the clinch but Tucker keeps him there for the moment.
Salter wants to break free but Tucker has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tucker tries to work over Salter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Salter tries to circle away but Tucker has him pinned against the cage.
Tucker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Salter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Salter working hard to break the clinch.
Tucker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salter avoids it.
Salter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Salter working hard to break the clinch.
Tucker lands an elbow that stopped Salter in his tracks for a moment.
Tucker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tucker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Salter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tucker seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Salter can turn it around.
Tucker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salter's efforts to push away.
Salter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tucker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Salter scores with a jab. Tucker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Salter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tucker throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
Tucker wants to slow Salter down by chopping away at his legs.
Tucker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Salter finds it's way round the side to connect with Tucker's head.
Tucker drops his hands momentarily and Salter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Salter throws a series of punches but Tucker moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salter misses the jab.
Tucker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tucker rushes Salter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Salter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker scores with a knee to the head.
Tucker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salter's efforts to push away.
Salter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tucker tries to land a leg kick but Salter saw it coming and moves away.
A combination from Salter does no damage.
Salter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Radar Salter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tucker.
Tucker connects with a looping right hand.
Tucker tries to clinch up.
Salter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tucker tries to land a front kick but Salter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Salter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tucker's head.
Salter blocks a head kick by Tucker.
A leg kick checked by Salter.
Salter keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Salter lands with a good body shot.
Tucker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Salter tries to bum rush Tucker with a series of wild strikes but Tucker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salter lands a jab to the head.
Tucker misses with a low kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Salter!
Tucker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Salter checks a leg kick.
Salter moves out of range of the body kick.
Tucker looks to land a body kick but Salter moved away.
Tucker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick from Salter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Salter.
Salter cracks Tucker with a good jab.
Tucker has closed the distance and engaged Salter in a clinch.
Salter tries to break free but Tucker pushes him back against the cage.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tucker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salter's defenses.
Salter tries to break the clinch but Tucker is controlling the position.
Salter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Salter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tucker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses.
Tucker connects with a leg kick. Salter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Salter misses.
Salter looks to land a right hand but Tucker moved out of range.
Salter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tucker.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses.
Salter misses with a body punch
and Tucker counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that J J Tucker will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tucker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Salter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Salter misses with a double jab.
Salter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Radar Salter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tucker clinches up with Salter and pushes him back against the cage.
Salter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salter lands a two punch combo.
Salter lands a body shot.
Tucker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Salter. Tucker shrugs it off though.
A head kick misses from Salter.
Salter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tucker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salter.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Salter blocks a leg kick.
Tucker tries to move into range but Salter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salter moves out of range of the body kick from Tucker.
Salter throws a big shot that misses.
Tucker wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter misses the shot to the body.
Salter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tucker. Tucker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tucker thows a body kick. Salter tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Salter keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Salter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Tucker doesn't manage to clinch there - Salter circles away.
Tucker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tucker tries to clinch but Salter moves out of range.
Tucker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice jab there from Salter.
Salter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tucker tries to clinch but Salter is having none of it.
Tucker slips under a jab from Salter.
Salter throws a shot from downtown. Tucker moves away and avoids it.
Tucker throws a front kick aimed at Salter's knee but Salter avoids it well.
Salter misses the body punch
and Tucker makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Salter really felt that one!
Salter is looking to land body kicks.
Radar Salter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tucker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker tries to land a leg kick but Salter saw it coming and moves away.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Salter misses with a kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Salter.
A head kick misses from Tucker.
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Salter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tucker moves away.
Tucker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salter misses with a looping left.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Salter!
Tucker misses with a leg kick.
A combination from Salter does no damage.
Salter throws a looping overhand right but Tucker ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Salter blocks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Tucker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tucker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Salter throws a looping overhand right but Tucker ducks down to avoid it.
Salter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker dodges the punch combination from Salter.
Tucker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salter checks a leg kick.
Tucker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good work by Salter as he checks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tucker, right into the meat.
A bone on bone clash there as Salter blocks the leg kick.
Salter lands with a shot to the body.
Tucker throws a solid leg kick but Salter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tucker.
Tucker moves away from the strike by Salter.
Tucker moves into the clinch.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Salter.
Tucker keeps control of Salter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Tucker.
Tucker tries a body shot but Salter blocks it.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tucker struggles to land a body shot inside as Salter controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Salter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Salter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tucker pushes Salter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker pushes off an throws an elbow but Salter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Salter avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Tucker prevents Salter from breaking the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tucker looking to throw knees to the head but Salter is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tucker throws an elbow but misses.
Salter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salter lands an overhand right.
Salter lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tucker is looking to chop away at Salter's legs.
Tucker misses with a low kick.
Salter looks to score with a jab to the body but Tucker is just out of range.
Salter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tucker slips a jab and a cross from Salter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Radar Salter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tucker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tucker tries to clinch but Salter is having none of it.
Tucker throws a low kick, looking for Salter's leg but Salter calmly moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Tucker.
Good standup being displayed there by Tucker as he connects with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tucker.
Salter throws a wild body kick that Tucker sees coming a mile off.
Salter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Salter. Those never looked like landing.
Salter misses with a looping right.
Salter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tucker misses with a head kick.
Tucker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tucker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Salter is out of range and Tucker settles back down.
Salter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Salter avoids the head kick by Tucker.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tucker.
Tucker tries to clinch but Salter is having none of it.
Salter throws a right hand that Tucker ducks under and follows up with a left that Tucker also avoids with ease.
Salter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tucker can pounce on him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salter tries to keep at a distance but Tucker has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Salter's elbow.
Salter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Salter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tucker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Tucker as the two fighters clinch.
Salter avoids the elbow strike from Tucker, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Tucker.
Salter is trying to break the clinch but Tucker has him pressed against the cage.
Tucker tries to land a knee to the head but Salter blocks with his arms.
Tucker missing with knees to the body.
Tucker keeps control of Salter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tucker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tucker misses with a knee strike.
Salter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Tucker.
Tucker pushes off an throws an elbow but Salter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
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!
Tucker working aggressively here.
Tucker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker tries to land knees in the clinch but Salter avoids the damage to the body.
Salter is trying to force a seperation but Tucker has the dominant position.
Tucker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Salter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salter throws a right hand that Tucker ducks under and follows up with a left that Tucker also avoids with ease.
Tucker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tucker slips under a jab from Salter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Salter misses with a combination
and Tucker counters with a good low kick that Salter was not able to check.
Salter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tucker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salter.
Tucker throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Salter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Salter avoids a kick to the body.
Tucker connects with a solid leg kick.
Tucker plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tucker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Salter lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salter lands with a right hand.
Tucker ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
Salter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Salter with a nice cross.
A big left from Salter misses.
Salter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tucker moves away.
Salter throws a jab when Tucker was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salter lands an overhand right.
A jab from Salter does it's job there.
A left lands for Tucker.
Salter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tucker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body punch from Salter.
Salter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salter. Tucker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tucker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salter loads up on a big right hand but Tucker slips the punch.
Salter scores with a spinning back kick!
Salter misses the shot to the body.
Salter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salter tries to bum rush Tucker with a series of wild strikes but Tucker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salter misses with a series of wild punches.
Tucker misses with a body shot.
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 J J Tucker.
I think Tucker 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... J J Tucker!
J J Tucker was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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