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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kendric Slager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 lbs
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205 lbs
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Dangerous knees
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kendric Slager!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Kang!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slager has Kang up against the ropes in a clinch.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Kang is blocking nicely.
Slager tries a knee to the head but Kang blocks it.
Slager with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Slager pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Slager has Kang pressed against the ropes, preventing Kang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Slager leaning against his opponent.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Kang swings wildly with an uppercut but Slager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Kang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Kang is trying to force a seperation but Slager has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slager has him pressed against the ropes.
Kang swings wildly with an uppercut but Slager uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kang.
Kang misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kang fails to land.
Slager lands a knee to the head.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Slager tries a knee to the head but Kang blocks it.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Kang is blocking nicely.
Kang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Slager tries a knee to the head but Kang blocks it.
Slager blocking some punches.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kang fails to land.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kang can't find room to land a body shot as Slager controls the action.
Slager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kang.
Kang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kang managing to block the knees to the body from Slager.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slager has Kang pressed against the ropes, preventing Kang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Kang struggles to land a body shot inside as Slager controls his hands.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kang tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kang throws a punch but it's blocked by Slager.
Kang struggles to land a body shot inside as Slager controls his hands.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager is breathing heavily.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager prevents a body shot from Kang.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Kang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager scores with a knee to the head.
Kang swings wildly with an uppercut but Slager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Kang.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Slager is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kang is defending well for now.
Kang tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kang wants to break free but Slager has control.
Kang tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kang digs a right hand into Slager's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Slager's gas tank.
Kang working aggressively here.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Kang on the inside.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kang is trying to force a seperation but Slager has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager blocking some punches.
Slager with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Bruce Kang has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slager blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slager.
Slager lands a knee to the head.
Kang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Slager lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kang fails to land.
Slager is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kang is defending well for now.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slager prevents a body shot from Kang.
Slager blocks an uppercut.
Kang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendric Slager dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Kang'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.
Kang pushes Slager away with a front kick.
Slager fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kang, pushing him back against the ropes.
Slager with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Kang tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slager tries to land knees in the clinch but Kang avoids the damage to the body.
Kang managing to block the knees to the body from Slager.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Kang is blocking nicely.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kang misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kang.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kang misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slager.
Kang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kang manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang tries to circle away but Slager has him pinned against the ropes.
Kang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kang is trying to break free.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kang tries to throw a body punch but Slager avoids it by throwing Kang back against the ropes.
Slager connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kang's face.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Kang swings wildly with an uppercut but Slager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slager blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slager blocks an uppercut.
Kang swings wildly with an uppercut but Slager uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slager blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Slager is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kang can do to turn this around?
Kang has a couple of punches blocked by Slager.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Kang misses with a punch to the body.
Kang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Kang is blocking nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slager blocks an uppercut.
Kang working aggressively here.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kang.
Slager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kang tries a body shot but Slager blocks it.
Kang can't find room to land a body shot as Slager controls the action.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kang throws a punch but it's blocked by Slager.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Slager blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kang has a couple of punches blocked by Slager.
Kendric Slager has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kang struggles to land a body shot inside as Slager controls his hands.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kang tries to break free but Slager pushes him back against the ropes.
Kang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Kang tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kang working aggressively here.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Slager prevents Kang from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Kang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kang connects with a body shot that sends Slager's belly button to the back.
Nice uppercut lands for Kang. That snapped Slager's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kang connects with a body shot that sends Slager's belly button to the back.
Slager tries to clinch there but Kang circles away.
Kang thinks about the counter body kick.
Kang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kang throws a chopping leg kick but Slager manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kang misses with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kang. That's going to slow Slager down.
Kang plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Slager has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kang.
Slager prevents a body shot from Kang.
Kang misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bruce Kang will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bruce Kang'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!
Kang scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Slager keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kang just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Slager 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Slager instigates a clinch.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Kang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slager has him pressed against the ropes.
Slager blocks an uppercut.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Kang working aggressively here.
Kang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Kang fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kang struggles to land a body shot inside as Slager controls his hands.
Kang is looking to break free of the clinch but Slager has double underhooks.
Slager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kang avoids it.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kang has a couple of punches blocked by Slager.
Kang misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager tries a knee to the head but Kang blocks it.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Kang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slager has him pressed against the ropes.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Slager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slager blocking some punches.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slager with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slager.
Kang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kang wants to break free but Slager has control.
Kang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Kang is blocking nicely.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kang is trying to break the clinch but Slager is controlling him.
Kang misses with the head strike.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Kang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kang working aggressively here.
Kang wants to get back to striking at distance but Slager won't allow it.
Kang tries to circle away but Slager has him pinned against the ropes.
Kang can't find room to land a body shot as Slager controls the action.
Slager 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!
Slager blocking some punches.
Kang tries to break the clinch but Slager is controlling the position.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kang blocks it with crossed arms.
Kang misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kang fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Kang blocks with his arms.
Kang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kang is looking to break free of the clinch but Slager has double underhooks.
Slager tries to land knees in the clinch but Kang avoids the damage to the body.
Kang lands a nice uppercut.
Kang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Kang working aggressively here.
Slager with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kang avoiding damage as Slager throws knees to the body.
Kang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slager has Kang pressed against the ropes, preventing Kang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kang tries to break free but Slager pushes him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager trying to land knees to the body.
Kang managing to block the knees to the body from Slager.
Slager misses with a knee to the head.
Slager prevents a body shot from Kang.
Kang swings wildly with an uppercut but Slager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Slager misses with a knee strike.
Kang misses with a body punch.
Slager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kang.
Kang tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Slager tries a knee to the head but Kang blocks it.
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Kang is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kendric Slager showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Slager 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kendric Slager!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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