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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Friedrich Nietzsche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuco Salamanca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tuco Salamanca enters the cage!
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210 lbs
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Friedrich Nietzsche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 2, fighting out of London, Tuco Salamanca!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nietzsche throws a leg kick that is checked
and Salamanca counters with a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Salamanca as he connects with a hook.
No joy there for Salamanca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Salamanca misses the jab.
Nietzsche ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nietzsche is looking to counter punch.
Salamanca misses with a looping left.
A jab from Nietzsche misses.
Salamanca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Salamanca gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nietzsche bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Salamanca.
Salamanca drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nietzsche throws a leg kick but Salamanca moved away.
Nietzsche rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Salamanca counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nietzsche throws a push kick but Salamanca slaps the foot to one side.
Salamanca smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca scores with a shot to the body.
Nietzsche misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Salamanca clobbers Nietzsche with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nietzsche throws out a powerful jab.
Salamanca is looking to slow Nietzsche down with leg kicks.
Nietzsche throws the kick towards the body but Salamanca avoids it.
That kick from Salamanca tenderised Nietzsche's leg. Nietzsche is trying to keep his angry face on.
Salamanca connects with a nice looking jab.
Salamanca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nietzsche's calf.
Nietzsche lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Salamanca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Nietzsche saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Salamanca.
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!
Salamanca delivers a nice body kick.
Nietzsche keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nietzsche's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Salamanca connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nietzsche scrambles back to his feet.
Nietzsche tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salamanca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nietzsche is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche throws a hook but Salamanca avoids it easily.
Salamanca smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Nietzsche on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Salamanca.
Nietzsche takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nietzsche is looking to clinch.
Nietzsche misses with an uppercut.
Salamanca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nietzsche moves away.
Nietzsche tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Salamanca takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Salamanca.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Salamanca lands with a right hand.
Salamanca throws a leg kick
and Nietzsche counters with a body kick.
Nietzsche misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche defending well as Salamanca loads up on a big left hand.
Salamanca scores with the left hand. Nietzsche knows he should have avoided that one.
Nietzsche tries to move into range but Salamanca moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Salamanca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nietzsche.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Salamanca.
A slapping leg kick lands for Salamanca.
Salamanca moves out of range of the leg kick from Nietzsche.
Salamanca throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Salamanca tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice shot lands for Nietzsche.
Salamanca cracks Nietzsche with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick.
Salamanca swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nietzsche with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Salamanca to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca moves out of range of the leg kick from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche tests Salamanca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca scores with a body shot.
Salamanca misses with a kick to the body.
Salamanca scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from Salamanca does it's job there.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy right hand. Nietzsche should have avoided that one.
Nietzsche throws a hook to the side of Salamanca's head but Salamanca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salamanca scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nietzsche tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Salamanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tuco Salamanca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salamanca misses the jab.
Salamanca misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Nietzsche on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Salamanca moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nietzsche misses with a low kick.
Salamanca is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nietzsche had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Salamanca throws a sloppy head kick and Nietzsche moves out of range easily.
Nietzsche seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuco Salamanca dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nietzsche moves in looking to clinch but Salamanca pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Salamanca! But no joy.
Nietzsche is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nietzsche chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Salamanca can pounce on him.
Nietzsche takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Salamanca darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Salamanca has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Salamanca slips a straight right by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche throws a low kick, looking for Salamanca's leg but Salamanca calmly moves out of range.
Nietzsche takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Salamanca lands a jab to the head.
Tuco Salamanca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salamanca avoids a kick to the body.
Nietzsche takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Salamanca lands a glancing blow to the side of Nietzsche's head.
Salamanca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Salamanca throws a push kick but Nietzsche slaps the foot to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salamanca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nietzsche's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Salamanca cracks Nietzsche with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nietzsche tries to clinch there but Salamanca circles away.
Salamanca throws out a counter right but Nietzsche avoids it with no problem.
Salamanca lands with a nice body punch.
Nietzsche on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Salamanca. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Nietzsche slips a jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nietzsche throws an overhand right that lands on Salamanca's shoulder, as Salamanca tries to avoid the shot.
Nietzsche looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Salamanca moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Salamanca uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nietzsche. Salamanca shrugs it off though.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nietzsche tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salamanca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nietzsche takes one to the chin there.
Nietzsche wants to land a leg kick but Salamanca is out of range.
It seemed like Salamanca was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a hook to the side of Nietzsche's head but Nietzsche sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nietzsche misses with a low kick.
Nietzsche tries to clinch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Nietzsche slips under a jab.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Nietzsche saw that one coming.
As Salamanca looks to move away, Nietzsche throws a big counter combo bu Salamanca just gets out of the way.
A shot to the liver by Salamanca. Beautiful body shot.
Salamanca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nietzsche.
Salamanca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salamanca throws a head kick that misses.
Nietzsche lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salamanca lands a right hook to the body.
Salamanca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salamanca throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Salamanca.
Nice cross by Salamanca.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca catches Nietzsche with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Salamanca connects with a single shot there.
Salamanca throws a head kick but Nietzsche moves out of range.
Nietzsche misses with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Salamanca.
Salamanca tests Nietzsche's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Salamanca turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Salamanca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salamanca throws a nice head kick!
Salamanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Nietzsche.
Salamanca connects with a crisp jab.
Nietzsche scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nietzsche misses with a hook
enabling Salamanca to counter with a crisp jab.
Nietzsche on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca tries to keep at a distance but Nietzsche has taken the fight into the clinch.
Salamanca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salamanca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Salamanca scores with a nice short uppercut.
Salamanca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nietzsches head.
Salamanca blocking some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nietzsche backwards.
Nietzsche works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nietzsche throws an elbow that misses.
Salamanca pushes Nietzsche back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salamanca checks the leg kick.
Salamanca scores with a punch to the head.
Nietzsche takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuco Salamanca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Nietzsche avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nietzsche walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Salamanca darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Salamanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nietzsche takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nietzsche throws a leg kick
and Salamanca counters with a nice body shot.
Nietzsche will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Salamanca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salamanca connects with a looping right hand.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Nietzsche saw that one coming.
Nietzsche fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Salamanca checks it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Salamanca.
Salamanca fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nietzsche on the side of the head.
Salamanca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nietzsche takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Salamanca blocks a leg kick.
Salamanca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nietzsche throws a big shot that misses.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut. Nietzsche saw that one coming.
Salamanca lands with a slapping head kick.
Salamanca misses with a hook.
Salamanca cracks the inside of Nietzsche's front leg.
Nietzsche takes one to the side of the head.
Salamanca defending well as Nietzsche loads up on a big left hand.
Salamanca lands with a right hand.
Salamanca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nietzsche's head.
Nietzsche throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salamanca connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Salamanca scores with a push kick.
Friedrich Nietzsche has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca works the jab nicely.
Nietzsche is looking to chop away at Salamanca's legs.
Nietzsche throws a front kick aimed at Salamanca's knee but Salamanca avoids it well.
Nietzsche throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Salamanca swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Salamanca connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Salamanca fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice shot lands for Salamanca.
Nietzsche throws a leg kick that misses.
Salamanca throws a sloppy head kick and Nietzsche moves out of range easily.
Salamanca blocks the body kick.
Salamanca throws a leg kick which misses Nietzsche's front leg but catches the back leg as Nietzsche tries to avoid it.
Salamanca lands a leg kick that knocks Nietzsche off balance momentarily.
Nietzsche walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Salamanca checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nietzsche takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Salamanca scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Salamanca cracks Nietzsche with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Salamanca lands a nice shot to the body.
Nietzsche blocks a head kick by Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nietzsche at a distance.
Nietzsche takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A head kick misses from Salamanca.
Nietzsche takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Salamanca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nietzsche throws out the jab.
Nietzsche takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Salamanca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nietzsche gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Salamanca.
Nietzsche tries to clinch there but Salamanca circles away.
A punch combination from Nietzsche misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a front kick that sends Nietzsche stumbling back into the cage.
Nietzsche moves forwards but Salamanca connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nietzsche pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Salamanca changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nietzsche moves forwards but Salamanca connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Salamanca scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nietzsche wants to slow Salamanca down by chopping away at his legs.
Salamanca lands a head kick. Nietzsche smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Salamanca scores with a jab. Nietzsche acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Salamanca throws out a powerful jab.
Good shot there by Salamanca.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left lands for Salamanca.
Salamanca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Salamanca lands a nice looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tuco Salamanca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Salamanca has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuco Salamanca!
Tuco Salamanca tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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