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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Kahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Third Round Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solomon Kahn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Third Round Romero's chin.
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213 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Solomon Kahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Third Round Romero!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero throws out a loose jab but Kahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahn cracks Romero with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Romero misses the body punch
and Kahn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Kahn.
Romero looks to land a combination but Kahn avoids it well.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Kahn circles away.
Third Round Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romero slips a jab from Kahn.
Romero swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kahn moves forwards but Romero connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Romero lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Solomon Kahn has been cut.
Kahn moves forwards but Romero connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Romero takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kahn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kahn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kahns head.
Kahn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kahn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kahn.
A short left from Kahn.
Kahn digs a right hand into Romero's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romero's gas tank.
Kahn misses with a punch on the inside.
Kahn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Romero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kahn misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kahn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kahn scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero can't find room to land a body shot as Kahn controls the action.
Romero takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kahn blocks a body shot from Romero.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Kahn's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Kahn blocking some punches.
Kahn misses with the head strike.
Kahn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Kahn on the inside.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Kahn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kahn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kahn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Kahn blocking some punches.
Kahn digs a right hand underneath Romero's ribcage. Romero let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Kahn.
Romero pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Romero scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romero pushes off an throws an elbow but Kahn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kahn working aggressively here.
Kahn misses with a punch to the body.
Romero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kahn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kahn.
Kahn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kahn misses with the head strike.
Kahn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero tries to work over Kahn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kahn.
Romero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Romero.
Romero has Kahn pushed against the cage.
Kahn throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kahn.
Romero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Kahn scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kahn throws a head punch that misses.
Kahn avoiding damage as Romero throws knees to the body.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kahn backwards.
Kahn blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Romero.
Kahn lands an uppercut.
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Romero blocking some punches.
Romero misses with some punches.
Kahn lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Third Round Romero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Solomon Kahn's cut.
That's time! Kahn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Romero lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Romero has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Romero gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Romero shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Romero connects with the punch.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
and Kahn counters with a solid body kick.
Kahn misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
Romero fails to land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Romero as he connects with a hook.
Romero blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Romero misses its intended target.
Kahn thinks about countering with a body kick.
Romero throws out a loose jab but Kahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero throws a jab when Kahn was well out of range.
Kahn throwing a counter right hand but Romero manages to avoid it.
Romero wants to clinch up but Kahn keeps it at a distance.
Kahn thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kahn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kahn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Romero takes a swing at Kahn's ribcage but misses.
Romero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kahn moves away.
Romero bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romero just misses with a punch to the body.
Romero throws a body punch but Kahn moves out of range.
Kahn throwing a counter right hand but Romero manages to avoid it.
Kahn throws the kick towards the body but Romero avoids it.
Romero looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Romero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kahn stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Third Round Romero has been cut.
Romero throws out a loose jab but Kahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahn looks to land a body kick but Romero moved away.
Kahn looks to land a body kick but Romero moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
Kahn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Romero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahn ducks under a wild hook from Romero.
Kahn keeps the fight on the outside.
Kahn jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nice shot by Romero.
Kahn throws a hook to the side of Romero's head but Romero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kahn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romero throws out the jab.
Third Round Romero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Kahn.
Romero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Romero throws a hook but Kahn avoids it easily.
Kahn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kahn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romero.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kahn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romero throws a wild body kick that Kahn sees coming a mile off.
Romero tries to clinch but Kahn moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Kahn misses the target.
Kahn scores with a body shot.
Romero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kahn manages to avoid it.
Kahn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Romero moves away from the strike by Kahn.
Romero lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Romero misses with a hook.
Romero takes one on the button.
Kahn misses with a hook
and Romero counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Kahn. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero misses with a body kick.
Romero with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kahn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kahn scoring well with a low kick there.
Romero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Romero catches Kahn right on the button with a cross.
Romero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kahn ducks right into an uppercut from Romero.
Romero scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Romero throws a lazy right hand but Kahn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kahn throwing a counter right hand but Romero manages to avoid it.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kahn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romero moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kahn throws a shot from downtown. Romero moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Third Round Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Romero tries to clinch but Kahn is having none of it.
Kahn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kahn lands a front kick.
Romero misses with a wild body shot.
Romero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kahn moves away.
Romero scores with a sloppy right hand. Kahn should have avoided that one.
Kahn throws a right hand that Romero ducks under and follows up with a left that Romero also avoids with ease.
Romero wants to counter the offense by Kahn and move into the clinch position.
Kahn walks into a straight right hand from Romero.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero missing with a left hand there. Kahn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kahn lands a jab to the head.
Kahn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Romero to score with a decent uppercut.
Romero loads up on a big right hand but Kahn slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kahn moves out of range of the strikes.
Romero listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kahn lands a nice looking body shot.
Romero on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kahn.
Romero bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romero misses with a straight left.
Romero with a hook.
Kahn keeps the fight on the outside.
Kahn's corner calls for a 1-2. Kahn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kahn lands a nice shot to the body.
Kahn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Romero misses the jab.
Solomon Kahn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kahn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kahn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kahn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Romero connects with a single shot there.
Romero rushes Kahn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kahn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Kahn lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kahn.
A right handed body shot lands from Kahn.
Romero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kahn gets through Romero's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Kahn lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kahn avoids it.
Kahn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romero.
Kahn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kahn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kahn can't find room to land a body shot as Romero controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
Third Round Romero is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kahn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kahn working aggressively here.
Kahn throws a head punch that misses.
Kahn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kahn misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero prevents a body shot from Kahn.
Kahn lands with a right to the head.
Kahn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Solomon Kahn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kahn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kahn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romero.
Kahn lands a hook that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Kahn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Solomon Kahn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Romero 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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