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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ben Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Sismey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edwards comes to the ring accompanied by Gee. Sismey has chosen Hotstepper as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good knees
Granite chin
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Determined
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Sismey!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sismey. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Edwards.
Sismey takes the fight into the clinch.
Edwards is trying to push Sismey away but Sismey has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sismey breaks the clinch.
Sismey throws a right and a left that Edwards avoids nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Edwards on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sismey rushes Edwards and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Edwards tries to land knees in the clinch but Sismey avoids the damage to the body.
Sismey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Edwards keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sismey's efforts to push away.
Edwards crunches a lovely knee into Sismey's ribcage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sismey is trying to push Edwards away but Edwards has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Edwards working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Edwards creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sismey breaks from the clinch.
Sismey thows a leg kick but Edwards checks it
enabling Edwards to counter with a crisp jab.
Edwards lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sismey circles away quickly and effectively.
Sismey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ben Edwards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sismey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Edwards on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sismey has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edwards lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Edwards wants to break free but Sismey has control.
Edwards working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Edwards tries a knee to the head but Sismey blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sismey.
Edwards misses with a body punch.
Sismey wants to get back to striking at distance but Edwards won't allow it.
Edwards tries to throw a body punch but Sismey avoids it by throwing Edwards back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sismey.
Sismey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edwards avoiding damage as Sismey throws knees to the body.
Sismey stalling in the clinch.
Sismey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sismey throws a shot to the body.
Shaun Sismey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sismey moves in looking to clinch but Edwards pushes him off.
Sismey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sismey.
Sismey moves into the clinch.
Edwards utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ben Edwards will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sismey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sismey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Edwards obliges.
Edwards tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Edwards blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edwards using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Edwards tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Edwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sismey is looking to control Edwards's arms but Edwards gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sismey has his back to the ropes.
Edwards breaks from the clinch.
Edwards avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edwards connects with a leg kick. Sismey looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Edwards lands with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards tries a head kick but it misses.
Sismey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sismey.
Sismey fails to land with a series of punches.
Edwards lands with an uppercut that bounces Sismey off the ropes and back into range.
Edwards looks to land a right hand but Sismey moved out of range.
Edwards showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sismey.
Edwards tries a head kick but it misses.
Sismey darts in trying to clinch
and Edwards counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Edwards keeps the fight on the outside.
Edwards scores with a kick to the midsection.
A head kick misses from Sismey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards tries to keep at a distance but Sismey has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!
Edwards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Edwards does no damage.
Edwards lands a jab to the nose.
Sismey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Edwards.
Sismey closes the distance and clinches.
Sismey lands a right hand.
Sismey throws an elbow but it misses.
Sismey wants to break free but Edwards has control.
Edwards keeps control of Sismey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Edwards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Edwards dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Sismey misses with an attempted mid kick.
And Edwards counters with a quick kick to the body but Sismey blocks it.
Edwards dodges the punch combination from Sismey.
Sismey lands with a nice body punch.
Sloppy strikes from Sismey. Those never looked like landing.
Edwards misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sismey is looking to clinch.
Edwards keeps the fight on the outside.
Ben Edwards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sismey closes the distance and pushes Edwards back into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sismey breaks from the clinch.
Sismey tries to clinch but Edwards moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Edwards there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Edwards checks a leg kick.
Sismey misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sismey tries to clinch but Edwards moves out of range.
Edwards throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sismey avoids it.
Sismey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Edwards digs a good body shot into Sismey's ribs.
No joy there for Sismey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sismey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Edwards tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sismey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sismey throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Edwards counters with a series of strikes. Sismey will be more careful next time no doubt.
Edwards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sismey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sismey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Edwards connects with a body shot.
Ben Edwards is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sismey tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Edwards manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! Edwards slams his shin into Sismey's torso.
A jab from Sismey misses.
Sismey tries to clinch but Edwards moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sismey wants to clinch up but Edwards keeps it at a distance.
Sismey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sismey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Edwards was well out of range. Poor timing from Sismey.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edwards throws a series of strikes that have Sismey backpedaling.
Sismey tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Edwards manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sismey tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Edwards manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sismey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Edwards was well out of range. Poor timing from Sismey.
Sismey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sloppy strikes from Sismey. Those never looked like landing.
Sismey takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
An inside leg kick lands from Edwards.
Sismey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sismey moves to clinch but Edwards breaks away
and Edwards counters with a straight right hand.
Shaun Sismey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sismey throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Edwards showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Edwards, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Edwards!
After the fight, Ben Edwards was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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