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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Riski Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen Katy Perry - ROAR as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Riski Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Calvin King!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King avoids the head kick by Hester.
Hester tries to work over King's front leg with a kick but King checks it.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
King lands a head shot.
King throws a hook but Hester avoids it easily.
Hester scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hester definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
King misses with a hook. Hester ducked under it nicely.
King lands with a nice combination. Hester backs away looking to recover.
Hester throws a quick inside leg kick.
Calvin King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hester throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hester checks the leg kick.
Hester throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hester closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
King tries to bum rush Hester with a series of wild strikes but Hester uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King swinging wildly here.
Hester ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hester manages to avoid it.
Hester buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
King chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hester ducks under a wild hook from King.
Hester drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
King letting Hester take a breather here.
Hester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King lands a jab-cross combination.
King throws a leg kick
and Hester finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hester. King shrugs it off though.
King looks winded!
Hester blocks a jab.
Hester scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick there by Hester.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Calvin King has been cut.
Hester clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hester misses with a punch on the inside.
King letting Hester take a breather here.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hester is stalling here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester breaks from the clinch.
King misses with a hook. Hester ducked under it nicely.
King tries a low kick but Hester avoids it.
King tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hester is able to avoid easily.
Hester rushes King and presses him up against the cage.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hester can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hester's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
King tries to stall but Hester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester is struggling to control the position.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hester as King tries to tie him up.
King avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
King is trying to break the clinch but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
King blocks a body shot from Hester.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King effectively controlling the action here.
Come on Hester - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
King is trying to stall.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King is pushing Hester 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 lands a body shot in the clinch.
Come on Hester - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hester tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Hester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hester has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
King blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hester as King tries to tie him up.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as King takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hester.
King tries to stall but Hester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hester displaying some good clinch control by pressing King up against the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
Hester misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards King's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hester as King tries to tie him up.
Hester tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
Hester breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riski Hester dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin King's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hester takes the fight into the clinch.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Hester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hester creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hester leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hester for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hester throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
Hester feints and then cracks King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow King down.
King scores with the left hand. Hester knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws out a loose jab but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Hester.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hester was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
King throws a shot from downtown. Hester moves away and avoids it.
Hester with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hester has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hester - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hester breaks the clinch.
A solid body kick from Hester.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
Hester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
Hester throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by King.
Hester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Riski Hester is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hester tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King throws a low kick, looking for Hester's leg but Hester calmly moves out of range.
Hester pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King cracks Hester with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hester checks the leg kick nicely there.
King pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hester is out of range and King settles back down.
Hester fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
King is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hester is keeping busy.
Hester creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
King prevents a body shot from Hester.
Hester will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Hester.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Hester just leaning against King, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riski Hester.
King misses the shot to the body.
Hester is looking to score with low kicks.
King is looking to land body kicks.
Hester fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt King.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Hester's shoulder, as Hester tries to avoid the shot.
King misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hester.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
King looks to throw the jab but Hester is out of range.
Hester defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
King cracks Hester with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
Hester scores with a kick to the midsection.
A head kick misses from Hester.
King misses the shot to the body.
That kick from Hester tenderised King's leg. King is trying to keep his angry face on.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Hester counters with a low kick, right behind King 's knee.
Hester feints and then cracks King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow King down.
Hester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
King throws out a loose jab but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King throws a solid leg kick but Hester takes the impact on his shin and smiles at King.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries a head kick but it misses.
Hester wants to clinch.
Hester buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hester.
A jab from King misses.
King throws a body punch but Hester moves out of range.
Hester throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from King misses.
Hester lands with a nice body kick.
King misses with an uppercut.
Hester on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Calvin King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Hester lands but King takes it in his stride.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hester was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King throws a leg kick but Hester sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hester clinches with his opponent.
King stalling in the clinch but Hester improves position.
A left hand lands to the body for Hester.
King is breathing heavily.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Hester stalling the fight.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by King.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Hester manages to break the clinch.
A big right from King misses.
Hester scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
King connects with a body shot.
Hester lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King misses the shot to the body.
Riski Hester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
King avoids the body shot from Hester.
King lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
King misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hester.
King has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hester.
King moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
King rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hester counters with a nice low kick that buckles King's knee momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hester.
King misses with a low kick.
Hester connects with a high kick.
Hester blocks a leg kick.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
King misses with a straight left.
King tries to keep at a distance but Hester has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hester prevents a body shot from King.
King working aggressively here.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Riski Hester showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hester 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Riski Hester!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Riski Hester!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Riski Hester!
Riski Hester wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Riski Hester thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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