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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Humberto Manuel Arboleda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arboleda comes to the ring accompanied by ASTAROTH - GUERRA DE METAL. De Groot is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by London. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 27 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groot misses with a low kick.
As De Groot looks to move away, Arboleda throws a big counter combo but De Groot just gets out of the way.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that De Groot has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Arboleda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch but De Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arboleda tries to clinch but De Groot is having none of it.
Arboleda clinches up with De Groot and pushes him back against the ropes.
De Groot can't find room to land a body shot as Arboleda controls the action.
Arboleda is struggling to control the position.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda can't find room to land a body shot as De Groot controls the action.
Arboleda blocks an uppercut.
De Groot breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arboleda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arboleda throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Groot has a couple of punches blocked by Arboleda.
Arboleda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Arboleda looking to slow down the pace here.
Arboleda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Arboleda blocking some punches.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot lands a shoulder strike.
De Groot takes an elbow to the temple.
De Groot is struggling to control the position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
De Groot swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arboleda prevents a body shot from De Groot.
Arboleda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Our sources have told us that Arboleda has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Arboleda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Groot avoids a wild elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Groot working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Arboleda.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Arboleda just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Groot's brow.
Arboleda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Groot or not.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arboleda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arboleda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arboleda throws an elbow that misses.
Arboleda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arboleda scores a nice knee to the body.
Arboleda taking a breather.
De Groot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Arboleda unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Groot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Groot.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Groot.
Arboleda looking to throw knees to the head but De Groot is blocking nicely.
Arboleda takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arboleda lands a damaging elbow.
Arboleda lands a good knee to the midsection. De Groot won't want to take too many of those.
De Groot misses with a body punch.
De Groot throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda 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.
De Groot throws a body shot but no joy.
Arboleda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Groot can do to turn this around?
De Groot steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Arboleda. That one must have hurt.
Arboleda drives through and clinches with De Groot against the ropes.
Arboleda lands an uppercut.
De Groot managing to block the knees to the body from Arboleda.
De Groot lands a knee to the head.
Arboleda tries a body shot but De Groot blocks it.
De Groot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Groot managing to block the knees to the body from Arboleda.
De Groot digs a right hand into Arboleda's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Arboleda's gas tank.
De Groot throws a head punch that misses.
Arboleda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Groot is defending well for now.
Arboleda tries to stall but De Groot uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Groot can't find room to land a body shot as Arboleda controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by De Groot.
Arboleda scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Groot lands a right hand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arboleda obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Groot is defending well for now.
Arboleda gets through De Groot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Groot blocks an uppercut.
Arboleda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Groot avoiding damage.
De Groot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but De Groot avoids the damage to the body.
De Groot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Arboleda's elbow.
Arboleda blocks an uppercut.
Arboleda is pushing De Groot up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Groot managing to block the knees to the body from Arboleda.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.
Arboleda scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Groot swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arboleda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda tries a body shot but De Groot blocks it.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Groot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Groot lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Groot is trying to break the clinch but Arboleda is controlling him.
Arboleda trying to control the position but instead, De Groot has worked for underhooks and has pushed Arboleda into the ropes.
Arboleda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Groot is defending well for now.
De Groot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arboleda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Groots head.
De Groot scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arboleda lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, De Groot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Arboleda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Groot's elbow.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but De Groot blocks it.
Arboleda misses with a knee strike.
De Groot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda dominated that second round.
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.
De Groot's corner calls for a 1-2. De Groot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arboleda closes the distance and clinches.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
De Groot lands a hook that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Nice body punch from Arboleda.
Arboleda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Groot lands a hook that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Arboleda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Groot's defenses.
De Groot struggles to land a body shot inside as Arboleda controls his hands.
Arboleda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Groot misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Groot struggles to land a body shot inside as Arboleda controls his hands.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.
De Groot is pushing Arboleda up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Arboleda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Groot looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Arboleda connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Groot's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda lands a knee to the head.
De Groot avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
Arboleda is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Groot is keeping busy.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
De Groot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Groot is pushing Arboleda up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Groot putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Arboleda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Arboleda obliges.
Arboleda lands an elbow inside.
Arboleda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arboleda lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
De Groot is trying to maintain a safe position but Arboleda gets an underhook and turns De Groot into the ropes.
Arboleda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Groot is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Arboleda.
De Groot takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Arboleda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.
De Groot avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.
De Groot lands a knee to the head.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Groot avoids it.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Groot avoids it.
Arboleda displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Groot up against the ropes.
Arboleda lands a nice elbow.
De Groot lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Arboleda or not.
Arboleda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arboleda unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Groot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Arboleda blocks a body shot from De Groot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arboleda checks the leg kick.
Arboleda clinches.
Arboleda is looking to control De Groot's arms but De Groot gets an underhook and turns him. Now Arboleda has his back to the ropes.
De Groot lands a left hand.
De Groot looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arboleda is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Groot is keeping busy.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but De Groot blocks it.
De Groot scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Groot breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Groot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arboleda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Arboleda crunches a lovely knee into De Groot's ribcage.
Arboleda lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Groot throws a punch but it's blocked by Arboleda.
De Groot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda blocks an uppercut.
Arboleda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Arboleda misses with an elbow strike.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.
A bit of stalling here from Arboleda.
De Groot working aggressively here.
De Groot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Arboleda landing knees to the head.
De Groot landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Groot as Arboleda tries to tie him up.
De Groot avoids the elbow strike from Arboleda, against the ropes.
De Groot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but De Groot avoids the damage to the body.
Arboleda scores with a shoulder strike.
De Groot utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from De Groot fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but De Groot avoids the damage to the body.
De Groot tries to break free but Arboleda pushes him back against the ropes.
De Groot misses with a punch to the body.
De Groot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arboleda is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Groot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Arboleda avoids it.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.
Arboleda scores with a knee to the head.
Arboleda trying to stall but De Groot improves his position.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from De Groot fails to land.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
Arboleda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arboleda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arboleda taking a breather.
Arboleda throws an elbow but it misses.
Arboleda misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda had his way with Karl De Groot in 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!
De Groot throws a leg kick but Arboleda sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Karl De Groot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Groot circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arboleda tries to clinch there but De Groot circles away.
Arboleda tries to clinch up but De Groot circles away and keeps his distance.
Arboleda moves into range and clinches up with De Groot.
De Groot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Groot wants to get back to striking at distance but Arboleda won't allow it.
De Groot swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arboleda misses with a body punch.
De Groot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arboleda misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Groot is trying to stall.
De Groot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Groot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Groot tries a body shot but Arboleda blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Groot avoids it.
De Groot lands a shoulder strike.
De Groot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Groot breaks the clinch.
De Groot tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Arboleda tries to clinch but De Groot moves away
and De Groot counters with a stiff right hand.
De Groot closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Arboleda keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Arboleda tries to clinch but De Groot moves out of range.
Arboleda closes the distance looking to clinch
and De Groot counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Humberto Manuel Arboleda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arboleda checks a leg kick.
De Groot circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karl De Groot seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch but De Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Groot throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slow jab from De Groot misses its intended target.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for De Groot.
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arboleda gets a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Groot lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Arboleda wants to stall.
De Groot takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arboleda is looking to control De Groot's arms but De Groot gets an underhook and turns him. Now Arboleda has his back to the ropes.
Arboleda wants to stall.
De Groot with a knee to the head.
De Groot misses with the head strike.
De Groot managing to block the knees to the body from Arboleda.
Arboleda managing to block the knees to the body from De Groot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl De Groot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Arboleda has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 49:46
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
A very excited looking Humberto Manuel Arboleda rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Karl De Groot spoke after the fight, saying 'Lets go one MORE TIME BETCH'.
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