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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Gustav Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Knack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustavsson comes to the ring accompanied by Van Halen - Aint Talkin' Bout Love. Gustav Gustavsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gustav Gustavsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Knack!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knack fakes the leg kick and cracks Gustavsson in the body.
Gustavsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knack holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Knack.
Knack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gustavsson backwards.
A shot in the inside from Gustavsson.
A right hand to the body from Knack.
Knack lands a shoulder strike.
Knack misses with the head strike.
Knack lands a right hand.
Gustavsson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Knack throws a punch but it's blocked by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson can't find room to land a body shot as Knack controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gustavsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knack or not.
Gustavsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knack.
Knack lands with a left to the head.
Knack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gustavsson trying to control the position but instead, Knack has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gustavsson into the ropes.
Knack pushes Gustavsson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knack backwards.
Gustavsson is trying to stall.
Knack misses with the head strike.
Knack lands a right hand.
Gustavsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knack working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Knack.
Gustavsson pushes Knack back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Knack scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knack gets through Gustavsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knack scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gustavsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knack misses with a punch on the inside.
Gustavsson takes a shot to the head.
Knack working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knack lands with a left to the head.
Gustavsson is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Knack lands a shoulder strike.
Gustavsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knack.
Gustavsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Knack.
Gustavsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gustavsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Knack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustavsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Knack lands a right hand.
Knack misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Knack dominated that round.
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.
Knack feints and then cracks Gustavsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gustavsson down.
Knack tries to score with a low kick but Gustavsson moves his leg out of the way.
Knack tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gustavsson is able to avoid easily.
Gustavsson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Knack manages to circle out of the way.
Gustavsson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Knack dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gustavsson. That did some damage!
A telegraphed right hand from Gustavsson misses the target.
Knack fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gustavsson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Knack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gustavsson backwards.
Knack presses Gustavsson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knack working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Knack - that landed with a thud.
Gustavsson blocks a body shot from Knack.
Knack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knacks head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knack lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knack misses with a punch to the body.
Knack tries to work over Gustavsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knack has a couple of punches blocked by Gustavsson.
A head punch on the inside from Gustavsson fails to land.
Knack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knack lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knack.
A nice left hand lands by Knack.
Gustavsson working aggressively here.
Gustavsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knack fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gustavsson checks it well.
Knack tests Gustavsson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A good leg kick by Knack.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson throws the left hand but Knack avoids the punch easily.
Knack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gustavsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gustavsson blocking some punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gustavsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustavsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gustavsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Knack.
Knack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gustavsson backwards.
Gustavsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustavsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knack.
Nick Knack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Good body shot from Gustavsson.
A short right from Knack.
Knack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Knack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Knack scores with a push kick.
Gustavsson moves out of range as Knack throws a body kick.
Knack has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gustavsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nick Knack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustavsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knack closes the distance and pushes Gustavsson back into the ropes.
Knack misses with some punches.
Gustavsson lands with a right to the head.
Knack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gustavsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gustavsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knack's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knack.
Gustavsson throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustavsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knack backwards.
Knack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gustavsson blocks a body shot from Knack.
Gustavsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Knack.
Knack misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knack breaks from the clinch.
Knack connects with a leg kick. Gustavsson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Knack throws a head kick that half lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knack darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Knack goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Knack connects with a looping right hand.
Knack swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knack takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knack tries to land a leg kick but Gustavsson saw it coming and moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Gustavsson misses the target.
Nick Knack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knack thumps Gustavsson with a low kick.
Gustavsson clinches up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gustavsson blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knack.
Gustavsson misses with the head strike.
Knack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson looking to stall.
Gustavsson stalling in the clinch but Knack improves position.
Gustavsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Knack gets an underhook and turns Gustavsson into the ropes.
Knack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Knack - that landed with a thud.
Gustavsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Knack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knack lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Knack as the two fighters clinch.
Knack lands with a right to the head.
Gustavsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knack breaks from the clinch.
Gustavsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knack lands a leg kick that knocks Gustavsson off balance momentarily.
Gustavsson gets tackled into the ropes by Knack. Knack maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Knack creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Knack really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Knack lands a jab to Gustavsson's midsection.
Knack rushes Gustavsson and presses him up against the ropes.
Gustavsson trying to control the position but instead, Knack has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gustavsson into the ropes.
Gustavsson has a couple of punches blocked by Knack.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Gustavsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Knack.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knack.
Gustavsson tries to throw a body punch but Knack avoids it by throwing Gustavsson back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knack lands a nice uppercut.
Knack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knack.
A right hook to the body lands for Knack.
Still in the clinch, Knack scores with a nice short uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knack.
Gustavsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knack has a couple of punches blocked by Gustavsson.
Knack tries to work over Gustavsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gustavsson.
Gustavsson wants to stall.
Knack misses with a body punch.
Knack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knack blocks an uppercut.
Gustavsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Knack gets an underhook and turns Gustavsson into the ropes.
Gustavsson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Knack lands with a short shot to the head.
Gustavsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knack lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knack takes a shot to the head.
Knack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gustavsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knack blocking some punches.
Gustavsson throws a head punch that misses.
Knack lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Gustavsson lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustavsson has a couple of punches blocked by Knack.
Gustavsson is trying to stall.
Knack prevents a body shot from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knack.
Knack misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Knack.
Knack misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Knack dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Knack throws a head kick but Gustavsson moves out of range.
Nick Knack is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A good leg kick by Knack.
Knack scores with a hook.
Knack cracks Gustavsson with an open hand slap.
Knack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knack ducks under a wild hook from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson checks a low kick from Knack.
Knack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knack moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knack dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knack moves into range and connects with a jab.
Knack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gustavsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Knack.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson checks the leg kick.
Gustavsson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gustavsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knack ducks under a wild hook from Gustavsson.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knack.
Knack's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gustavsson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knack scrambles back to his feet.
Knack misses with a looping right.
Knack throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Gustavsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gustavsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knack finds it's way round the side to connect with Gustavsson's head.
Knack scoring well with a low kick there.
Knack clobbers Gustavsson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Knack has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Nick Knack has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson misses with a lunging right hand
and Knack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knack misses with a body kick.
Gustav Gustavsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knack lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gustavsson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That kick from Knack tenderised Gustavsson's leg. Gustavsson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Knack fakes the leg kick and cracks Gustavsson in the body.
Gustavsson misses with a looping left.
Gustavsson blocks a head kick by Knack.
Knack is looking to slow Gustavsson down with leg kicks.
Gustavsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knack throws out the jab.
Gustavsson misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Knack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Knack has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Knack!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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