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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Peter James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mijain Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153 lbs
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154 lbs
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Solid boxing
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Peter James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mijain Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James has Lopez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lopez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
James stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
James is leaning against Lopez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
James working hard to break the clinch.
James content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James clinches up against the ropes.
Lopez is trying to maintain a safe position but James gets an underhook and turns Lopez into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from James.
James wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez keeps control of James as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for James.
James closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
James wants to break free but Lopez has control.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
James working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez trying to control the position but instead, James has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lopez into the ropes.
James scores with a knee to the head.
Lopez looking to stall.
James working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James breaks the clinch.
James clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lopez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
James looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from James as the two fighters clinch.
James connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Mijain Lopez has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James breaks the clinch.
James forces Lopez back against the ropes and clinches.
Lopez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite James's efforts to push away.
James utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
James lands a good knee to the midsection. Lopez won't want to take too many of those.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
James is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mijain Lopez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
James has closed the distance and engaged Lopez in a clinch.
James makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
James stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James has taken the fight to the clinch.
James wants to get back to striking at distance but Lopez won't allow it.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
James stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James trying to control the position but instead, Lopez has worked for underhooks and has pushed James into the ropes.
James wants to get back to striking at distance but Lopez won't allow it.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James lands a head kick. Lopez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
James lands a front kick.
James clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the ropes.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James rushes Lopez and presses him up against the ropes.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
James is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
Peter James has scored more points in the clinch so far.
James wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez is trying to maintain a safe position but James gets an underhook and turns Lopez into the ropes.
James breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
James lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
James thows a body kick. Lopez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
James goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
James fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lopez, pushing him back against the ropes.
James manages to break the clinch.
James has Lopez up against the ropes in a clinch.
James can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the ropes.
James stalling the fight.
James putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lopez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez looking to stall.
James trying to stall but Lopez improves his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. James obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter James dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mijain Lopez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
James moves into the clinch successfully.
Lopez trying to stall but James improves his position.
Lopez is looking to control James's arms but James gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lopez has his back to the ropes.
James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peter James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from James.
James moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lopez has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James lands a high kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
James fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lopez, pushing him back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands a knee to the head.
James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
James breaks the clinch.
James closes the distance and clinches.
James manages to break the clinch.
Lopez walks into a stiff left hand from James.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by James. That's going to slow Lopez down.
James rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lopez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
James tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
James is trying to push Lopez away but Lopez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
James stalling in the clinch but Lopez improves position.
Lopez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James wants to stall.
James is trying to break free.
James just leaning against Lopez, taking a breather.
James tries to stall but Lopez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lopez keeps control of James as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four 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.
Lopez is trying to stall.
James stalling in the clinch but Lopez improves position.
James leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Peter James.
James has managed to clinch.
Mijain Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter James is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lopez taking a breather.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well James 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:24
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter James!
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FIGHT
RATING
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