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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Abe Lievin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spong has chosen 2Pac - I'm A Soldier (Echale Mojo Remix) as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abe Lievin !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alistair Spong!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lievin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spong has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spong ducks under a wild hook from Lievin .
Lievin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spong.
Spong walks into a straight right hand from Lievin .
Lievin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spong to score with a decent uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Lievin misses the target.
It seemed like Spong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spong.
Lievin works the jab nicely.
Lievin throws a jab but it's blocked by Spong.
Spong moves away from the strike by Lievin .
Spong defending well as Lievin loads up on a big left hand.
Spong appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Spong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spong misses with a head kick.
Lievin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lievin just misses with a punch to the body.
Spong takes a swing at Lievin 's ribcage but misses.
Lievin throws a good cross that connects.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lievin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievin throws a push kick but Spong slaps the foot to one side.
Lievin throws a hook but Spong blocks it.
Lievin lands with an uppercut that bounces Spong off the ropes and back into range.
Some wild striking there from Lievin .
Lievin feints and then cracks Spong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spong down.
Lievin misses with a wild body shot.
Lievin lands with an uppercut that bounces Spong off the ropes and back into range.
Lievin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Spong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lievin 's sensitive parts.
Lievin misses with an uppercut
and Spong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice body punch from Spong.
Lievin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Spong throws a right and a left that Lievin avoids nicely.
Lievin throwing a counter right hand but Spong manages to avoid it.
Lievin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Spong.
Lievin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong moves out of range of the body kick.
Spong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lievin lands a jab to Spong's midsection.
Lievin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Spong looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Spong connects with a high kick.
Spong throws a head kick that misses.
Lievin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Spong throws a jab but it's blocked by Lievin .
Lievin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spong misses with an uppercut
and Spong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Lievin misses the target.
Spong feints and then cracks Lievin 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lievin down.
Spong misses the jab.
Lievin throws a wild body kick that Spong sees coming a mile off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A good leg kick by Spong.
A left lands for Lievin .
The fighters circling - Spong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abe Lievin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lievin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lievin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spong's head backwards.
It looks like Alistair Spong has been cut.
Lievin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lievin throws a body shot but no joy.
Spong let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lievin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spong connects with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lievin , right into the meat.
A jab from Spong does it's job there.
Abe Lievin is winning the standup battle so far.
Lievin misses with an uppercut
and Spong counters with an inside leg kick.
Spong avoids a kick to the body.
Lievin looks to land a combination but Spong avoids it well.
Spong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lievin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spong throws a lazy right hand but Lievin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lievin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spong connects with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Lievin misses.
Lievin throws a hook but Spong blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievin lands a nice looking body kick.
Spong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lievin scores with a nice right hand.
Spong throws out a loose jab but Lievin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lievin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spong's head backwards.
Lievin misses with a right hand
and Spong counters with a low kick, right behind Lievin 's knee.
Lievin misses with a body kick.
Spong only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Spong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lievin looks to throw the jab but Spong is out of range.
Lievin is looking to land body kicks.
Spong tries a head kick but it misses.
Spong jabs at Lievin 's body.
Lievin 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spong under the eye.
Spong throws a body punch but Lievin moves out of range.
Lievin throws a low kick but Spong avoids it.
A nice combination there by Lievin .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lievin misses with a body shot.
Spong feints a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Spong blocks the leg kick.
Spong misses with a hook. Lievin ducked under it nicely.
Spong moves out of range of the body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lievin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Spong - the referee stops the clock and Lievin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Spong. Lievin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Lievin misses.
Spong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lievin .
Lievin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lievin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick from Lievin misses.
Spong lands with a kick to the ribs.
Spong connects with a leg kick. Lievin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Spong lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Spong throws a leg kick that misses.
Lievin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spong just misses with a punch to the body.
Lievin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Lievin misses.
Spong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lievin throws a leg kick
and Lievin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 Abe Lievin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alistair Spong's cut.
That's time! Lievin 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice defenses there by Spong.
A nice side step and Spong releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lievin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lievin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Lievin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lievin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spong throws a hook to the side of Lievin 's head but Lievin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spong throws a jab when Lievin was well out of range.
Spong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lievin . That did some damage!
Spong attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Spong throws a leg kick but Lievin moved away.
Lievin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spong.
A little feinted left hand from Lievin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lievin lands with a nice combination. Spong backs away looking to recover.
Spong will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lievin misses with a kick to the body.
Lievin checks a leg kick.
Lievin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Spong moves out of range as Lievin strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong fakes the leg kick and cracks Lievin in the body.
Lievin misses with a wild body shot.
Spong swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Spong slips under a jab.
Lievin avoids the head kick by Spong.
It appears Lievin was looking to counter with a kick there.
Lievin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lievin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lievin throws a hook but Spong blocks it.
Spong misses with a wild body shot.
Lievin defending well as Spong loads up on a big left hand.
Spong slips under a jab from Lievin .
A looping hook to the body misses from Spong. Lievin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spong cracks the inside of Lievin 's front leg.
Lievin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lievin misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lievin .
Spong throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lievin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lievin misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lievin misses with a hook. Spong ducked under it nicely.
Spong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lievin finds it's way round the side to connect with Spong's head.
Decent striking displayed by Spong there.
Lievin throws an overhand right that lands on Spong's shoulder, as Spong tries to avoid the shot.
Lievin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Lievin misses its intended target.
Lievin throws a right and a left that Spong avoids nicely.
Spong blocks a jab.
Spong scores with a nice body kick.
Lievin lands an overhand right.
A solid body kick from Lievin .
Lievin misses the shot to the body.
Spong connects with a leg kick. Lievin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, jab by Spong - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Abe Lievin did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Alistair Spong's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Spong misses with an uppercut. Lievin saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Spong misses.
Lievin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spong slips under a jab from Lievin .
Spong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lievin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Spong.
Lievin blocks the body kick.
Lievin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lievin fails to land with a series of punches.
Lievin looks to land a right hand but Spong moved out of range.
Lievin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Spong throws a hook but Lievin blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lievin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lievin missing with a left hand there. Spong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spong connects with a leg kick. Lievin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lievin misses with a looping left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lievin .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spong.
Spong moves away from the strike by Lievin .
Spong moves out of range of the body kick from Lievin .
Spong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lievin .
Lievin slips under a jab from Spong.
Spong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lievin counters with a nice body kick.
Lievin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spong lands a lovely overhand right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Spong. Lievin shrugs it off though.
Spong lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lievin at a distance.
A jab from Spong does it's job there.
Lievin throws an overhand right that lands on Spong's shoulder, as Spong tries to avoid the shot.
A leg kick checked by Lievin .
Lievin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spong.
Lievin connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lievin avoids the body shot from Spong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lievin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Spong has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Spong is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Lievin scores with a nice right hand.
Lievin takes a swing at Spong's ribcage but misses.
Spong just misses with a punch to the body.
Lievin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Spong misses with a shot to the body
and Lievin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lievin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spong manages to avoid it.
Lievin lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Lievin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spong doesn't seem phased though.
Lievin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Spong on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Lievin . Beautiful body shot.
Spong lands a leg kick that knocks Lievin off balance momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lievin throws a wild body kick that Spong sees coming a mile off.
Spong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lievin works the jab nicely.
Spong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abe Lievin had his way with Alistair Spong in that round.
The cut man is working on Alistair Spong's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lievin staying out of range there.
Alistair Spong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lievin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lievin misses with a low kick as Spong jumps back.
Spong scores with a leg kick.
Spong checks a leg kick nicely.
Spong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lievin .
Lievin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spong.
Spong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lievin .
Lievin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Spong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spong slips under a jab from Lievin .
Spong misses the shot to the body.
Spong throws a leg kick that misses.
Spong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lievin wants to land a leg kick but Spong is out of range.
Lievin misses with an uppercut. Spong saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong throws a body shot but no joy.
Lievin looks for the body kick but Spong saw that one coming.
Spong moves out of range as Lievin throws a body kick.
Lievin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Spong doesn't seem bothered though.
Spong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lievin loads up on a big right hand but Spong slips the punch.
Lievin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Spong misses with a few strikes there.
Lievin lands a lovely overhand right.
Lievin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Spong.
Spong just misses with a punch to the body.
Lievin throws a push kick but Spong slaps the foot to one side.
Spong misses with a body kick.
Spong lands with a nice body punch.
Lievin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Spong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lievin moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong throws a hook but Lievin blocks it.
Lievin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Spong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Lievin . That snapped Spong's head back.
Lievin keeps Spong at a distance using the push kick.
Spong is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Spong throws an off balance right hand
and Lievin counters with a stiff right hand.
Spong 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.
Spong throws a hook but Lievin blocks it.
Abe Lievin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Spong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lievin .
Lievin lands a lovely overhand right.
Spong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spong throws a low kick but Lievin moves out of range easily.
Lievin lands a nice shot to the body.
Lievin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A clash of legs there as Lievin blocks the low kick.
Lievin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Abe Lievin .
Well Lievin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 50:45
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abe Lievin !
Abe Lievin retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath Abe Lievin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Alistair Spong was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn, got caught napping.'.
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