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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Riski Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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185 lbs
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Excellent MT
Very strong
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank
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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
2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Riski Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malik Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hester has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jennings finds it's way round the side to connect with Hester's head.
Jennings lands a glancing blow to the side of Hester's head.
Hester scores with a nice body kick.
Jennings misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jennings looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jennings lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jennings throws a hook to the side of Hester's head but Hester sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malik Jennings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Foot Loves in the buildup to the fight.
Jennings cracks Hester with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Hester get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Hester looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jennings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jennings swings for the body but Hester moves out of range.
Hester delivers a nice body kick.
Jennings takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hester has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jennings blocks a body shot from Hester.
Jennings working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jennings misses with a punch to the body.
Hester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jennings misses with a punch to the body.
Jennings blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Jennings swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jennings goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jennings throws a punch but it's blocked by Hester.
Hester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jennings.
Jennings tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hester controlling the action here for a moment.
Hester struggles to land a body shot inside as Jennings controls his hands.
Jennings prevents a body shot from Hester.
Jennings lands an uppercut.
Hester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jennings's elbow.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Jennings lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Hester misses with a punch to the body.
Hester misses with a punch to the body.
Hester struggles to land a body shot inside as Jennings controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hester lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Jennings blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jennings can't find room to land a body shot as Hester controls the action.
Jennings has a couple of punches blocked by Hester.
Hester is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hester pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riski Hester.
Hester instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jennings misses with some punches.
Hester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Jennings.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester misses with a punch to the body.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Jennings misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Hester misses with a body punch.
Hester will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jennings up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hester.
Hester prevents a body shot from Jennings.
Hester misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Jennings on the inside.
Jennings struggles to land a body shot inside as Hester controls his hands.
Hester throws a head punch that misses.
Hester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester lands a left hand.
Jennings lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Hester tries to work over Jennings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hester stalling against the cage.
Hester blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Hester.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennings throws a head punch that misses.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Jennings.
Hester tries a body shot but Jennings blocks it.
Jennings looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jennings swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jennings misses with the head strike.
Jennings tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hester's elbow.
Hester effectively controlling the action here.
Jennings prevents a body shot from Hester.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hester manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hester misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jennings lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Hester tries a body shot but Jennings blocks it.
Jennings misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hester lands an uppercut.
Hester misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Jennings.
Jennings misses with some punches.
Jennings lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by Jennings.
Jennings misses with the head strike.
Hester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jennings throws a punch but it's blocked by Hester.
Jennings blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jennings working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hester pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jennings blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hester gets through Jennings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Hester misses with the head strike.
A short right from Hester on the inside.
Hester misses with a body punch.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by Jennings.
Hester wants to stall.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by Jennings.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
Jennings lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hester slows down the pace here.
Jennings working aggressively here.
Hester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jennings blocking some punches.
Jennings swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jennings backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Jennings.
Hester taking a breather.
Jennings tries to work over Hester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jennings scores with a shoulder strike.
Jennings has a couple of punches blocked by Hester.
Jennings pushes Hester back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hester misses with a punch on the inside.
Hester tries a body shot but Jennings blocks it.
Jennings misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jennings.
Jennings lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Jennings.
Hester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jennings blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jennings misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jennings misses with some punches.
Jennings lands a right hand.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hester misses with a body punch.
Jennings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hester.
Jennings swings wildly with an uppercut but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jennings's elbow.
Jennings lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jennings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jennings misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jennings swings wildly with an uppercut but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jennings lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hester or not.
Hester throws a head punch that misses.
Jennings presses Hester against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hester.
Hester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hester is looking to control Jennings's arms but Jennings gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hester has his back to the cage.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jennings blocks a body shot from Hester.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hester tries to work over Jennings's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hester can't find room to land a body shot as Jennings controls the action.
Hester blocking some punches.
Hester can't find room to land a body shot as Jennings controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jennings.
Jennings swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jennings misses with some punches.
Jennings throws a punch but it's blocked by Hester.
Hester has Jennings pushed against the cage.
Jennings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hester creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Jennings dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jennings scores with a big combo that sends Hester crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Hester flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Jennings jumps onto the cage and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malik Jennings!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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