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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Edward Latitude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Searlas Saucier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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180 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edward Latitude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Searlas Saucier!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saucier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saucier moves into the clinch.
Latitude breaks the clinch.
Latitude moves in looking to clinch but Saucier pushes him off.
Latitude throws a head kick that Saucier semi-blocks.
Saucier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saucier lands a two punch combo.
Saucier keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Saucier. Those never looked like landing.
Latitude rushes Saucier and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Latitude is looking to break free of the clinch but Saucier has double underhooks.
Saucier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Latitude on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Latitude misses with a hook. Saucier ducked under it nicely.
Latitude stalks Saucier and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Saucier's face. Saucier staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Latitude lands a front kick.
Latitude throws a lazy head kick
and Saucier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Latitude closes the distance and pushes Saucier back into the ropes.
Saucier is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Saucier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saucier tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Latitude tries a body shot but Saucier blocks it.
Latitude managing to block the knees to the body from Saucier.
Saucier is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Saucier takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latitude escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saucier blocks a head kick by Latitude.
Saucier tries to counter with a clinch but Latitude shakes him off and moves away.
Saucier throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saucier moves into range and clinches up with Latitude.
Latitude is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Latitude pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saucier tries to close the distance and clinch but Latitude swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saucier throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Latitude is looking to clinch.
Latitude gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saucier breaks the clinch.
Saucier should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Latitude tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Latitude clinches up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Searlas Saucier will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Saucier's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Saucier duly obliges.
Latitude lands a high kick!
Saucier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Latitude throws a series of punches but Saucier avoids them all with ease.
Saucier clinches with his opponent.
Saucier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Latitude's efforts to push away.
Latitude lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saucier backwards.
Latitude wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saucier breaks the clinch.
Latitude really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Latitude tries to close the distance and clinch but Saucier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saucier tries to close the distance and clinch but Latitude swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Latitude moves into the clinch.
Latitude tries a knee to the head but Saucier blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saucier is trying to break free.
Latitude manages to break the clinch.
Saucier clinches with his opponent.
Latitude breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Latitude throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Saucier darts in and clinches Latitude up against the ropes.
Edward Latitude has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Latitude wants to break free but Saucier has control.
Saucier manages to break the clinch.
Latitude lands a head kick. Saucier smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Latitude uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saucier.
Latitude checks a low kick from Saucier.
Latitude throws a big counter combination but Saucier scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saucier fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Latitude, pushing him back against the ropes.
Latitude is trying to maintain a safe position but Saucier gets an underhook and turns Latitude into the ropes.
Latitude's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saucier misses with a combination
and Latitude counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Saucier breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Latitude has taken the fight to the clinch.
Saucier keeps control of Latitude as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Latitude trying to control the position but instead, Saucier has worked for underhooks and has pushed Latitude into the ropes.
Saucier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Latitude tries to clinch but Saucier is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Edward Latitude will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Saucier tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Saucier.
Latitude doesn't manage to clinch there - Saucier circles away.
Latitude tries to close the distance and clinch but Saucier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saucier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Latitude.
Saucier lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Latitude tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Saucier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Latitude looks to land a combination but Saucier avoids it well.
Latitude moves out of range of the leg kick from Saucier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saucier avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Latitude fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saucier manages to avoid it.
Latitude with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Latitude tries to clinch there but Saucier circles away.
Saucier throws a head kick but Latitude moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Saucier does no damage.
Latitude scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Latitude fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saucier misses with a body kick.
Saucier lands a head kick!
Latitude tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saucier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saucier rushes Latitude and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Latitude breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Latitude bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Edward Latitude is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saucier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saucier has closed the distance and engaged Latitude in a clinch.
Latitude pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Latitude throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Latitude tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Latitude takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Latitude tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saucier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Latitude moves in looking to clinch but Saucier pushes him off.
Latitude tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Saucier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saucier is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Saucier looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Latitude clinches up against the ropes.
Saucier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Latitude moves into the clinch successfully.
Saucier lands a body punch.
Saucier being controlled against the ropes.
Latitude lands a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Searlas Saucier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Saucier has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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