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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Oddr Sigsteinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riski Hester (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 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oddr Sigsteinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Riski Hester!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigsteinn misses with a straight right.
Sigsteinn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hester misses with a leg kick
and Sigsteinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hester has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hester misses with a body punch.
Sigsteinn is trying to stall.
Hester slowing the pace effectively.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Sigsteinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester throws a head punch that misses.
Hester blocking some punches.
Sigsteinn taking a breather.
Hester misses with a punch on the inside.
Hester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Hester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester moves away from the strike by Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn lands with a hook. Hester tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hester closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigsteinn avoids the head kick by Hester.
A cross from Sigsteinn lands.
Sigsteinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Hester is just out of range.
Sigsteinn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hester.
Sigsteinn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A combination from Sigsteinn does no damage.
Hester walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sigsteinn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hester lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A bone on bone clash there as Hester blocks the leg kick.
Hester avoids a kick to the body.
Sigsteinn connects with a looping right hand.
Hester throws a leg kick that misses.
Hester throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sigsteinn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hester takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hester throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sigsteinn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester pushes Sigsteinn up against the cage in a clinch.
Sigsteinn misses with a body punch.
Sigsteinn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sigsteinn throws a punch but it's blocked by Hester.
Sigsteinn has had enough of the clinch but Hester keeps him there for the moment.
Sigsteinn throws a head punch that misses.
Hester keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sigsteinn's efforts to push away.
Hester lands with a short shot to the head.
Hester works on Sigsteinn's body with a couple of short punches.
Hester breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sigsteinn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hester throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hester clinches up with Sigsteinn and pushes him back against the cage.
Hester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hester pushes off an throws an elbow but Sigsteinn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hester misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sigsteinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sigsteinn is trying to force a seperation but Hester has the dominant position.
Hester stalling the fight.
Sigsteinn misses with a body punch.
Hester leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sigsteinn blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn blocks a body shot from Hester.
Sigsteinn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sigsteinn wants to break free but Hester has control.
Sigsteinn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hester stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sigsteinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sigsteinn misses with some punches.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Sigsteinn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sigsteinn blocks a body shot from Hester.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
Hester throws a head punch that misses.
Hester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sigsteinn misses with the head strike.
Sigsteinn throws a head punch that misses.
Hester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn letting Hester take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sigsteinn looking to slow down the pace here.
Good body shot from Hester.
Hester stalling against the cage.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hester pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sigsteinn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hester throws a sloppy head kick and Sigsteinn moves out of range easily.
Hester moves into the clinch.
Hester breaks from the clinch.
Sigsteinn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hesters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hester tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sigsteinn is able to avoid easily.
Hester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sigsteinn.
Hester misses with a low kick.
Hester swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hester darts in and clinches Sigsteinn up against the cage.
Hester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sigsteinn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hester avoiding damage.
The crowd are getting on Hester's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sigsteinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hester has Sigsteinn pressed against the cage, preventing Sigsteinn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hester struggles to land a body shot inside as Sigsteinn controls his hands.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sigsteinn.
Hester slows down the pace here.
Hester tries to work over Sigsteinn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hester is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Sigsteinn fails to land.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Hester digs a right hand underneath Sigsteinn's ribcage. Sigsteinn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hester breaks the clinch.
Hester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sigsteinn throws a right and a left that Hester avoids nicely.
Hester is looking to chop away at Sigsteinn's legs.
Sigsteinn blocks a leg kick.
Sigsteinn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hester on the side of the head.
Hester rushes Sigsteinn and presses him up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Hester.
Sigsteinn working aggressively here.
Sigsteinn swings wildly with an uppercut but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester blocks a body shot from Sigsteinn.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Sigsteinn avoids the damage to the body.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Sigsteinn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sigsteinn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sigsteinn is trying to stall.
Hester is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sigsteinn misses with a punch on the inside.
Hester cracks Sigsteinn with a nice body shot.
Hester pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Hester just leaning against Sigsteinn, taking a breather.
Hester manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sigsteinn misses with a two punch combination.
Hester ducks under a wild hook from Sigsteinn.
Hester misses with a body kick.
Oddr Sigsteinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sigsteinn throws a nice looking combination but Hester bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sigsteinn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Sigsteinn catches Hester right on the button with a cross.
Sigsteinn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hester throws a solid leg kick but Sigsteinn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hester.
Hester explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sigsteinn throws a shot from downtown. Hester moves away and avoids it.
Hester throws a solid leg kick but Sigsteinn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hester.
Sigsteinn scores with a nice head shot.
Sigsteinn blocks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Sigsteinn. Those never looked like landing.
Hester gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sigsteinn counters with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Sigsteinn.
Hester gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sigsteinn misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sigsteinn can't find room to land a body shot as Hester controls the action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sigsteinn looking to slow down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riski Hester dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hester drives through and clinches with Sigsteinn against the cage.
Hester will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sigsteinn up against the cage.
Sigsteinn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hester swats away the attempt to clinch by Sigsteinn.
Hester throws a leg kick that misses.
Sigsteinn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hester swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hester misses with a body kick.
Sigsteinn misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Sigsteinn misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigsteinn tries to bum rush Hester with a series of wild strikes but Hester uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sigsteinn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hester checks it well.
Good leg kick by Hester there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sigsteinn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hester lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sigsteinn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sigsteinn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sigsteinn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hester circles away quickly and effectively.
Hester lands a high kick!
Hester thumps Sigsteinn with a low kick.
Sigsteinn throws a leg kick
and Hester counters with a slapping leg kick.
A punch combination from Sigsteinn misses.
Hester misses with a low kick.
Oddr Sigsteinn is winning the standup battle so far.
Sigsteinn blocks a jab.
Hester clinches up against the cage.
Sigsteinn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hester.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hester avoiding damage.
Sigsteinn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hester's elbow.
Riski Hester seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sigsteinn swings wildly with an uppercut but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn stalling in the clinch but Hester improves position.
Hester tries to throw a body punch but Sigsteinn avoids it by throwing Hester back against the cage.
Sigsteinn tries a body shot but Hester blocks it.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Sigsteinn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
Sigsteinn has a couple of punches blocked by Hester.
Hester stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sigsteinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigsteinn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hester is keeping busy.
Sigsteinn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sigsteinn blocking some punches.
Sigsteinn avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Hester manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hester misses with a punch to the body.
Sigsteinn avoids a wild elbow strike from Hester.
Sigsteinn tries to stall but Hester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hester blocks a body shot from Sigsteinn.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee calls for Hester to work.
Sigsteinn working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sigsteinn swings for the body but Hester moves out of range.
Hester looks for the body kick but Sigsteinn saw that one coming.
Sigsteinn throws a right hand that Hester ducks under and follows up with a left that Hester also avoids with ease.
Sigsteinn connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hester momentarily.
A big right from Sigsteinn misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sigsteinn. Those never looked like landing.
Sigsteinn moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sigsteinn feints and then cracks Hester's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hester down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Hester.
Hester throws a shot from downtown. Sigsteinn moves away and avoids it.
Sigsteinn moves out of range as Hester throws a body kick.
Hester jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hester swats away the attempt to clinch by Sigsteinn.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hester.
Sloppy strikes from Sigsteinn. Those never looked like landing.
A good leg kick by Hester.
Hester throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sigsteinn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hester. That one must have hurt.
Hester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sigsteinn checks a low kick from Hester.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hester, right into the meat.
Sigsteinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sigsteinn pushes Hester away with a front kick.
Sigsteinn feints and then cracks Hester's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hester down.
Sigsteinn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sigsteinn.
Hester throws a leg kick which misses Sigsteinn's front leg but catches the back leg as Sigsteinn tries to avoid it.
Sigsteinn throws a good cross that connects.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester misses with a double jab.
Hester turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hester dodges the punch combination from Sigsteinn.
Hester lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hester throws a solid leg kick but Sigsteinn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hester.
Sigsteinn misses with a double jab
and Hester counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sigsteinn is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sigsteinn just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick from Sigsteinn lands but Hester takes it in his stride.
Sigsteinn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester throws the kick towards the body but Sigsteinn avoids it.
Sigsteinn misses with an uppercut.
Hester moves away from the strike by Sigsteinn.
Hester fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sigsteinn checks it well.
Sigsteinn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sigsteinn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sigsteinn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hester was well out of range. Poor timing from Sigsteinn.
Sigsteinn throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Sigsteinn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hester throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oddr Sigsteinn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sigsteinn throws a jab when Hester was well out of range.
Hester chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sigsteinn looks to land a left hand but Hester moved out of range nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Sigsteinn misses.
Hester tries a head kick but it misses.
Hester thumps Sigsteinn with a low kick.
Hester rushes Sigsteinn and presses him up against the cage.
Sigsteinn throws a punch but it's blocked by Hester.
Hester is stalling here.
A hook to the body from Hester.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Hester misses with a punch on the inside.
Sigsteinn misses with some punches.
Sigsteinn prevents a body shot from Hester.
Hester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sigsteinn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hester's head backwards.
Sigsteinn throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Sigsteinn missing with a left hand there. Hester was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sigsteinn checks a leg kick.
Hester has closed the distance and engaged Sigsteinn in a clinch.
Sigsteinn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hester is pushing Sigsteinn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hester slows down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hester blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sigsteinn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Sigsteinn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Riski Hester comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hester has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Riski Hester!
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Riski Hester!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Riski Hester!
Riski Hester wins by unanimous decision!
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