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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Scott Columbus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Van Der Sar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Columbus comes into the arena with Hail and Kill blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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290 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Columbus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stefan Van Der Sar !
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Columbus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a straight right hand.
Columbus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Columbus throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Der Sar .
Columbus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Columbus throws a lazy body kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a head kick. That will keep Columbus thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Van Der Sar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Columbus misses with a wild body shot.
Columbus throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Der Sar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Columbus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Der Sar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Columbus.
Columbus delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Sar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Stefan Van Der Sar has been cut.
No joy there for Columbus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A low kick from Columbus is predictable there
and Van Der Sar counters with a big head kick but Columbus shrugs it off.
Columbus misses the body punch
and Van Der Sar counters with a stiff right hand.
Columbus looks for the body kick but Van Der Sar saw that one coming.
Van Der Sar is trying to counter with his kicks.
Columbus misses with a left hand
and Van Der Sar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Columbus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Columbus throws the left hand but Van Der Sar avoids the punch easily.
Van Der Sar checks a leg kick.
Van Der Sar throws a fast counter high kick but Columbus manages to duck under it in time.
Scott Columbus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Columbus scores with a jab. Van Der Sar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Columbus jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Van Der Sar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Columbus.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Columbus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar shapes to counter with a head kick.
Columbus throws a sloppy head kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Columbus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Columbus throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Der Sar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Columbus misses with a hook to the body
enabling Van Der Sar to counter with a crisp jab.
Columbus throws a sloppy head kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Columbus thows a body kick. Van Der Sar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Van Der Sar moves out of range as Columbus strikes.
Van Der Sar counters with a body kick.
Columbus throws a good cross that connects.
A low kick from Columbus misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick from Columbus lands but Van Der Sar takes it in his stride.
Columbus connects with a good right hand that stumbles Van Der Sar . Van Der Sar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Van Der Sar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Columbus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Columbus thows a body kick. Van Der Sar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Columbus lands with an overhand left.
Columbus tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Der Sar looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Sar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Columbus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Columbus throws a body kick that misses.
Van Der Sar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Columbus.
Columbus scores with a hook.
Columbus throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Der Sar counters with a nice uppercut.
Columbus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar throws a fast counter high kick but Columbus manages to duck under it in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Columbus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Columbus misses with an attempted mid kick.
Columbus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Der Sar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Columbus gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Der Sar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Der Sar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Columbus tries to land a body kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a stiff right hand.
Columbus misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Van Der Sar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Columbus is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Columbus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Columbus.
Columbus moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromVan Der Sar .
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Columbus misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Columbus throws a combination. Van Der Sar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Van Der Sar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Columbus.
Van Der Sar looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Columbus moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Der Sar stalling.
Van Der Sar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Columbus prevents Van Der Sar from breaking the clinch.
Van Der Sar prevents a body shot from Columbus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Columbus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Columbus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Columbus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Der Sar backwards.
Columbus lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Der Sar or not.
Van Der Sar is trying to force a seperation but Columbus has the dominant position.
Van Der Sar can't break the clinch.
Columbus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Sar 's elbow.
Van Der Sar blocking some punches.
Columbus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Columbus.
Columbus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Der Sar s head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Columbus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Der Sar ducks under a wild hook from Columbus.
Van Der Sar throws a fast counter high kick but Columbus manages to duck under it in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Columbus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Columbus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Der Sar can do to turn this around?
A big left from Columbus misses.
Columbus lands a jab-cross combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Columbus.
Columbus misses with a body kick.
Van Der Sar counters with a body kick.
Columbus lunges at Van Der Sar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Der Sar 's hand.
Columbus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Columbus throws a leg kick
letting Van Der Sar counter with a right hand.
Columbus misses with a hook
and Van Der Sar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Sar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Van Der Sar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Columbus closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Columbus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Columbus tries a body shot but Van Der Sar blocks it.
Van Der Sar is looking to control Columbus's arms but Columbus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Der Sar has his back to the ropes.
Columbus misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Columbus.
Van Der Sar is trying to break the clinch but Columbus is controlling him.
Columbus lands with a short shot to the head.
Columbus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Columbus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Columbus. That's going to slow Van Der Sar down.
Columbus lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Van Der Sar moves out of range of the strikes.
And Van Der Sar responds with a good body kick, but Columbus manages to step out the way in time.
Columbus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Der Sar , pushing him back against the ropes.
Van Der Sar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Columbus.
Van Der Sar breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Columbus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Der Sar counters with a stiff right hand.
Columbus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Columbus. Van Der Sar does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Columbus misses with an uppercut.
Van Der Sar follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Columbus misses with a jab to the body
and Van Der Sar counters with a nice uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Columbus.
Van Der Sar avoids the body shot from Columbus.
Columbus throws a right and a left that Van Der Sar avoids nicely.
Van Der Sar is trying to counter with his kicks.
Columbus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Der Sar was well out of range. Poor timing from Columbus.
Columbus misses with an uppercut
and Van Der Sar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Columbus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Der Sar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Van Der Sar defending well as Columbus loads up on a big left hand.
Van Der Sar raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Columbus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Der Sar has time to react.
Columbus misses with a body punch
and Van Der Sar counters with a good, hard body kick but Columbus shrugs it off.
Van Der Sar avoids the body shot from Columbus.
Good leg kick by Columbus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Columbus thows a leg kick but Van Der Sar checks it
and Van Der Sar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Scott Columbus is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Columbus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Der Sar 's hands.
Van Der Sar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Columbus.
Van Der Sar checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Columbus misses with a wild body shot.
Columbus gets a clinch.
Columbus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Columbus throws a sloppy body shot
and Van Der Sar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Van Der Sar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Columbus.
Columbus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A nice inside leg kick there by Columbus. That's going to slow Van Der Sar down.
Columbus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Columbus wants to slow Van Der Sar down by chopping away at his legs.
And Van Der Sar responds with a good body kick, but Columbus manages to step out the way in time.
Columbus misses with an uppercut. Van Der Sar saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Columbus throws a shot to the body.
Columbus lands a jab to the nose.
A head kick misses from Columbus.
Van Der Sar looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Columbus.
Columbus throws a lazy head kick
and Van Der Sar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Columbus throws a right hand that Van Der Sar ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Der Sar also avoids with ease.
Van Der Sar throws a big counter head kick but Columbus avoids it with no problem.
Van Der Sar 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Columbus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Der Sar scrambles back to his feet.
That has opened up Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut even more.
Columbus looks to land a body kick but Van Der Sar moved away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Columbus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Columbus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Columbus!
Scott Columbus took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Arcticus University: London for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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