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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Calvin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Brentwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by ROAR by Katy Perry. 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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184 cm
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180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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187 cm
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168 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Very strong
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Calvin King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bernard Brentwood! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A big right from King misses. Brentwood clinches up with King and pushes him back against the cage. Brentwood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brentwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A head punch on the inside from Brentwood fails to land. King trying to stall but Brentwood improves his position.
King looking to stall.
I was talking to King's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. A battle for position here, against the cage. Maybe King would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much. Brentwood's coach down at Foot Loves was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Brentwood's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Brentwood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Brentwood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. King lands a body shot. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brentwood. King is trying to stall.
Brentwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brentwood creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. King stalling in the clinch.
Brentwood has a couple of punches blocked by King.
King wants to stall.
Brentwood struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
Brentwood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brentwood looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Brentwood throws an elbow that misses.
Brentwood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brentwood scores with a hook to the body. Brentwood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not. King is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brentwood is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brentwood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brentwood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Calvin King has been cut. Brentwood misses with a body punch.
Brentwood tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brentwood. With the fighters up against the cage, Brentwood throws an elbow but misses. A shot in the inside from Brentwood. Brentwood scores with a shot to the side of King's head. Brentwood tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Brentwood pressing his opponent against the cage. Brentwood can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brentwood swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it. Brentwood lands with a light punch inside. Brentwood prevents a body shot from King. Brentwood lands a body shot. Brentwood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Brentwood tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Brentwood trying to land knees to the body.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A right hook to the body lands for Brentwood.
Brentwood misses with a knee strike.
Brentwood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Brentwood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Brentwood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Brentwood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it. Brentwood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Brentwood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brentwood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Brentwood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brentwood lands with a right to the head. King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Calvin King's cut is getting worse. King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brentwood has him pressed against the cage. Brentwood trying to land knees to the body.
Brentwood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Brentwood gets an underhook and turns King into the cage. Brentwood scores with a nice hook to the head. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernard Brentwood dominated that round. The cut man is working on Calvin King'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.
King connects with an inside leg kick. Brentwood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. King finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
King walks into a stiff left hand from Brentwood. King throws the left hand but Brentwood avoids the punch easily. Brentwood throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. King stuns Brentwood with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. King lands a jab to the head.
Brentwood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kings jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Brentwood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and King has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Brentwood has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Brentwood lands a leg kick that knocks King off balance momentarily. This has been an exciting period of action! A chopping leg kick lands by Brentwood. Brentwood slips under a jab. A slapping leg kick lands for Brentwood.
Brentwood lands a lovely overhand right. Brentwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Brentwood. Brentwood cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brentwood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. King has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brentwood. Brentwood scoring well with a low kick there.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Brentwood. Brentwood lands with a good body shot. King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brentwood. King misses with an uppercut. King takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Brentwood on the wrong end of a nice jab. King connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. A decent looking body kick lands there for Brentwood. Brentwood lands a head kick!
King is rocked!
Calvin King's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Brentwood lands with a shot to the body. Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Bernard Brentwood seems to be getting the better of the standup. King is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Brentwood doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! King crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in King's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bernard Brentwood! A relieved looking Bernard Brentwood 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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mgr
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RATING
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