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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Nieky Paauwers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Plouman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paauwers comes into the arena with Eminem – Guts Over Fear (ft. Sia) blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent MT
KO power
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Great elbows
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nieky Paauwers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Plouman!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paauwers walks into a stiff left hand from Plouman.
Plouman on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Plouman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paauwers, pushing him back against the cage.
Plouman lands an elbow that stopped Paauwers in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Nieky Paauwers has been cut.
Paauwers avoids the elbow strike from Plouman, against the cage.
Plouman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paauwers connects with a knee to the head.
Paauwers lands a good knee to the midsection. Plouman won't want to take too many of those.
Paauwers misses with a knee strike.
Our sources have told us that Paauwers has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Plouman tries to throw a body punch but Paauwers avoids it by throwing Plouman back against the cage.
Plouman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Plouman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paauwers's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Paauwers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paauwers being controlled against the cage.
Plouman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plouman lands an elbow inside that Paauwers shrugs off.
Plouman throws an elbow that misses.
Plouman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Plouman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paauwers looking to throw knees to the head but Plouman is blocking nicely.
Paauwers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Plouman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Paauwers or not.
Plouman lands an elbow inside that Paauwers shrugs off.
Plouman lands an elbow that stopped Paauwers in his tracks for a moment.
Plouman is struggling to control the position.
Paauwers is trying to push Plouman away but Plouman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Paauwers takes an elbow to the temple.
Paauwers tries to land a knee to the head but Plouman blocks with his arms.
Plouman effectively controlling the action here.
Plouman lands an elbow inside that Paauwers shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plouman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paauwers's elbow.
Plouman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paauwers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Paauwers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Plouman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paauwers prevents a body shot from Plouman.
Paauwers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Plouman.
Plouman misses with a punch to the body.
Paauwers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Plouman lands an elbow just above Paauwers 's eye.
Paauwers landing knees to the head.
Plouman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Plouman scores with a hook to the body.
Paauwers blocks the elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Plouman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paauwers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Plouman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Paauwers blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Plouman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paauwers's brow.
Plouman pushes off an throws an elbow but Paauwers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Paauwers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Plouman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paauwers misses with a knee strike.
Plouman is pushing Paauwers up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Plouman tries a body shot but Paauwers blocks it.
Plouman can't find room to land a body shot as Paauwers controls the action.
Plouman can't find room to land a body shot as Paauwers controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Plouman.
Plouman lands a nice elbow.
Plouman throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plouman stalling the fight.
Paauwers blocks an elbow strike.
Plouman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Plouman.
Plouman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paauwers blocks an elbow strike from Plouman.
Plouman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paauwers trying to control the position but instead, Plouman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paauwers into the cage.
Paauwers is looking to control Plouman's arms but Plouman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paauwers has his back to the cage.
Paauwers avoids the elbow strike from Plouman, against the cage.
Paauwers working hard to break the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Plouman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Paauwers up against the cage.
Plouman lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Plouman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nieky Paauwers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Paauwers avoids the body shot from Plouman.
Paauwers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Plouman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Plouman clinches up against the cage.
Plouman prevents Paauwers from breaking the clinch.
Plouman misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from Plouman - that landed with a thud.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Plouman.
Paauwers wants to get back to striking at distance but Plouman won't allow it.
Paauwers takes an elbow to the temple.
Luke Plouman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Plouman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paauwers's defenses.
Plouman lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paauwers takes an elbow to the temple.
Paauwers tries to circle away but Plouman has him pinned against the cage.
Plouman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Plouman throws an elbow that misses.
Plouman has Paauwers pressed against the cage, preventing Paauwers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Paauwers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Plouman has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paauwers prevents a body shot from Plouman.
Paauwers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Plouman lands a damaging elbow.
Paauwers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Plouman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Plouman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Paauwers can't break the clinch.
Paauwers is looking to break free of the clinch but Plouman has double underhooks.
Plouman misses with an elbow strike.
Plouman pushes Paauwers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Plouman lands a nice shot to the body.
Plouman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Plouman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Plouman.
Nieky Paauwers's cut is getting worse.
Paauwers takes an elbow to the temple.
Plouman misses with a body punch.
Plouman works on Paauwers's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plouman lands an elbow inside.
Plouman scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plouman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paauwers's defenses.
Paauwers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Plouman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Plouman.
Paauwers is rocked!
Plouman lands an elbow inside.
Oh Paauwers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Plouman has control of Paauwers and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Paauwers crashing to the mat! Paauwers looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! Plouman looks delighted, as well he should.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Luke Plouman!
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hype
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