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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Eric Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Niche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Niche is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 lbs
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190 lbs
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Great elbows
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eric Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Niche!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks forces Niche back against the ropes and clinches.
Niche avoids a wild elbow strike from Brooks.
Brooks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Brooks just misses with a elbow thrown towards Niche's brow.
Brooks lands a damaging elbow.
Brooks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Niche keeps the fight on the outside.
Brooks wants to clinch.
Niche unleashes a big counter combination but Brooks bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Brooks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Niche checks it well.
Brooks scores with a decent looking hook.
Brooks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brooks prevents a body shot from Niche.
Niche doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Niche breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eric Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brooks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niche is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brooks.
Brooks throws a low kick but it's checked well by Niche.
Niche looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks tries to clinch but Niche moves out of range.
Brooks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Niche appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Brooks blocks a jab.
Brooks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Niche circles away from the clinch attempt.
Niche defending well as Brooks loads up on a big left hand.
Niche circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brooks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niche gets tackled into the ropes by Brooks. Brooks maintains the clinch.
Brooks looking to slow down the pace here.
Niche breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niche scores with a sloppy right hand. Brooks should have avoided that one.
It looks like Eric Brooks has been cut.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks tries to clinch but Niche moves out of range.
Brooks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks wants to clinch up but Niche keeps it at a distance.
Brooks tries to clinch up but Niche circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice side step and Niche releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Niche swings for the body but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niche swats away the attempt to clinch by Brooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paul Niche will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Niche looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Niche misses with a few strikes there.
We've been told by Brooks's head coaches at Alpha Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Brooks takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brooks tries to clinch but Niche is having none of it.
Niche fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brooks checks it well.
Niche swats away the attempt to clinch by Brooks.
Niche swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brooks wants to clinch.
As Brooks backs off Niche throws a huge counter combo but Brooks manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks clinches up against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Niche.
Niche takes an elbow to the temple.
Niche tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks tries a body shot but Niche blocks it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Brooks throws an elbow but misses.
Brooks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Niche has him pressed against the ropes.
Brooks misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Niche.
Niche lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Niche blocks a body shot from Brooks.
Brooks pushes off an throws an elbow but Niche leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Brooks letting Niche take a breather here.
Niche lands with a light punch inside.
Brooks misses with a body punch.
Brooks tries to circle away but Niche has him pinned against the ropes.
Brooks blocks a body shot from Niche.
Niche breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Niche, right into the meat.
Brooks throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Niche throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Niche.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Niche swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Niche flicks out a counter leg kick but Brooks steps away.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks tries to clinch but Niche moves out of range.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Niche swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Niche swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Niche only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Brooks buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brooks tries to clinch but Niche is having none of it.
Brooks wants to clinch up but Niche keeps it at a distance.
Niche wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Niche circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brooks tries to clinch there but Niche circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Niche showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Niche swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Niche uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks.
Niche throws out a loose jab but Brooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Niche throws a low kick, looking for Brooks's leg but Brooks calmly moves out of range.
Paul Niche seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Niche misses with a body shot.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Niche cracks Brooks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brooks is looking to score with low kicks.
Brooks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Niche pushes him off.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for Niche.
Brooks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Niche counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks slips under a jab from Niche.
Brooks tries to clinch but Niche is having none of it.
Brooks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brooks tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Niche manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Niche lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Niche there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Niche scores with a nice strike.
Brooks wants to clinch.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Niche swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks tries to clinch
and Niche counters with a stiff right hand.
Eric Brooks's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks wants to clinch
and Niche connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brooks moves to clinch but Niche breaks away
and Niche counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brooks tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Niche manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Niche comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks is looking to clinch.
Brooks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Niche swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Niche scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Eric Brooks's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Brooks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eric Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Niche is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Niche has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Niche swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Niche comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Niche winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Josh West scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Niche!
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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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