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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Antonio Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Army (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Army!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Army gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rios avoids the elbow strike from Army, against the ropes.
Army misses with an elbow over the top.
Army creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rios could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Army throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Army misses with an elbow strike.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Army throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rios avoids a wild elbow strike from Army.
Army throws an elbow but it misses.
Army throws an elbow that misses.
Rios blocks the elbow strike.
Army pushes off an throws an elbow but Rios leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
Army blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Army just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rios's brow.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Army.
Army throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rios has a couple of punches blocked by Army.
Army misses with an elbow strike.
Army throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Army misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Army just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rios's brow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
Rios fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
Rios is trying to maintain a safe position but Army gets an underhook and turns Rios into the ropes.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Army.
Army breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Army looks for the body kick but Rios saw that one coming.
Rios misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rios misses the target.
Rios moves out of range of the body kick.
Rios chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Army can pounce on him.
Rios thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rios connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Army manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Army scores with a head kick. Rios tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Antonio Rios has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Army tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Army avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Army tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rios is able to avoid easily.
Army lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice body kick from Army.
Rios is breathing heavily.
Army connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Army feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rios's calf.
Dick Army seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Army connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Army lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Army dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Rios's cut.
That's time! Rios's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Army scores with a nice body kick.
Army forces Rios back against the ropes and clinches.
Rios throws a punch but it's blocked by Army.
Army looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Army just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rios's brow.
Army throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Army lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Army.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
Rios can't find room to land a body shot as Army controls the action.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Army takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Army looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Army blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rios lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Army backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Army lands an elbow that stopped Rios in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Army comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Army throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rios wants to break free but Army has control.
Rios blocks an elbow strike.
Army misses with an elbow strike.
Army breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rios throws a body punch but Army moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rios crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Army - the referee stops the clock and Rios gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Army. Rios manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Army.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Army scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rios has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Army.
Army throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rios's head.
Army fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Army chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rios has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Army.
Rios steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Army. That one must have hurt.
Army chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Army looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rios is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Army scoring well with a low kick there.
Army connects with a leg kick. Rios 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 nice inside leg kick there by Army. That's going to slow Rios down.
Army looks to land a body kick but Rios moved away.
Rios has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Army.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Army showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antonio Rios's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Army keeps Rios at a distance using the push kick.
Army ducks under a wild hook from Rios.
Dick Army seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rios throws a hook but Army avoids it easily.
Army throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rios takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rios checks a low kick from Army.
Rios missing with a left hand there. Army was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Army clinches up against the ropes.
Rios blocks an elbow strike.
Rios blocks the elbow strike.
Army misses with an elbow strike.
Rios has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rios blocks an elbow strike.
Antonio Rios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Army pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rios tries to bum rush Army with a series of wild strikes but Army uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Army moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rios takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Army connects with an inside leg kick.
Army throws a head kick that misses.
Army keeps Rios at a distance using the push kick.
Army throws a front kick that sends Rios stumbling back into the ropes.
Army buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Army buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Army connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Army closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Army.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
Rios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Army pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Army comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Army lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Army throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Army just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rios's brow.
Rios working aggressively here.
Army lands an elbow inside that Rios shrugs off.
Antonio Rios's cut is getting worse.
Rios will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Army pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Army misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Army pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Army lands but Rios takes it in his stride.
Army throws out a head kick that Rios doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Rios crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Rios's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Army comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Army has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Dick Army!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Dick Army!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Dick Army!
Dick Army wins by unanimous decision!
Dick Army thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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