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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Torquil Bram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Kastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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300 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
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205 lbs
29 - 18 - 1 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Torquil Bram!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Kastinen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bram avoids the body shot from Kastinen.
Kastinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Seppo Kastinen has been cut.
Kastinen staying out of range there.
Kastinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Bram throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bram looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bram swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kastinen tries to bum rush Bram with a series of wild strikes but Bram uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bram throwing a counter right hand but Kastinen manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Kastinen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bram clinches.
Bram tries to work over Kastinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kastinen has a couple of punches blocked by Bram.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bram doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bram swings wildly with an uppercut but Kastinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kastinen lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bram.
A short right from Bram.
Kastinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kastinen.
Kastinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Bram controls his hands.
Bram tries a body shot but Kastinen blocks it.
Kastinen scores with a shot to the side of Bram's head.
Bram tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kastinen lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Bram.
Kastinen throws a head punch that misses.
Kastinen tries a body shot but Bram blocks it.
Bram fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kastinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kastinen prevents a body shot from Bram.
Bram fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kastinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kastinen throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bram.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kastinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kastinen throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bram.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bram.
Kastinen working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bram.
Bram lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kastinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Kastinen.
Kastinen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bram fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bram.
Bram misses with a body punch.
Kastinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bram tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bram.
Bram throws a punch but it's blocked by Kastinen.
Kastinen blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kastinen fails to land.
Bram goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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 Torquil Bram will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seppo Kastinen'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.
Kastinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bram clinches with his opponent.
Bram misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kastinen.
Bram misses with a body punch.
Bram fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bram scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kastinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bram lands a left hand.
Kastinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bram is leaning against Kastinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bram working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Kastinen.
Torquil Bram has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bram lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kastinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bram misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bram is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kastinen can do to turn this around?
Bram lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bram fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bram tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kastinen blocks an uppercut.
Bram misses with a punch on the inside.
Kastinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Bram backwards.
Kastinen tries a body shot but Bram blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Kastinen.
Bram lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kastinen backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kastinen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kastinen.
Bram misses with some punches.
Kastinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kastinen.
Kastinen blocking some punches.
Kastinen managing to block the knees to the body from Bram.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kastinen blocking some punches.
Bram misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kastinen can't find room to land a body shot as Bram controls the action.
Kastinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bram backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kastinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kastinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bram throws a punch but it's blocked by Kastinen.
Kastinen blocks an uppercut.
Kastinen blocking some punches.
Kastinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bram blocking some punches.
Kastinen lands a shoulder strike.
Bram misses with the head strike.
Bram misses with the head strike.
Kastinen lands a shot to the body.
Kastinen avoiding damage as Bram throws knees to the body.
Kastinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bram swings wildly with an uppercut but Kastinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bram blocks a body shot from Kastinen.
Kastinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bram doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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 Torquil Bram will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seppo Kastinen's cut.
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!
Bram throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kastinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Bram clinches.
Kastinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kastinen lands a right hand.
Bram misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kastinen working aggressively here.
Kastinen throws a head punch that misses.
Kastinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kastinen lands an uppercut.
Kastinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Kastinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bram uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kastinen throws a head punch that misses.
Kastinen blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bram.
Bram lands with a light punch inside.
Bram scores with a shot to the side of Kastinen's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bram backwards.
Bram tries to throw a body punch but Kastinen avoids it by throwing Bram back against the ropes.
Kastinen prevents a body shot from Bram.
Kastinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kastinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Kastinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kastinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bram lands a nice uppercut.
Bram tries a body shot but Kastinen blocks it.
Bram swings wildly with an uppercut but Kastinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bram blocks an uppercut.
Kastinen tries to work over Bram's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bram misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kastinen.
A shot in the inside from Kastinen.
Kastinen scores with a hook to the body.
Bram swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kastinen lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kastinen digs a right hand into Bram's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bram's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bram prevents a body shot from Kastinen.
Kastinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kastinen is working Bram over against the ropes.
Kastinen lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Kastinen as the two fighters clinch.
Kastinen lands a body shot.
Seppo Kastinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kastinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Kastinen.
A short uppercut from Kastinen.
Kastinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Kastinen.
Kastinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bram backwards.
Kastinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bram misses with some punches.
Kastinen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Torquil Bram is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kastinen digs a right hand underneath Bram's ribcage. Bram let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seppo Kastinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bram 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Torquil Bram!
Torquil Bram retains his super heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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