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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bryant Baez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arroyo Malavino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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167 lbs
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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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
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bryant Baez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arroyo Malavino!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malavino takes a swing at Baez's ribcage but misses.
Malavino swats away the attempt to clinch by Baez.
Baez lands with a shot to the body.
Baez throws an overhand right that lands on Malavino's shoulder, as Malavino tries to avoid the shot.
Malavino clinches up with Baez and pushes him back against the ropes.
Baez working aggressively here.
Baez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Malavino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malavino has a couple of punches blocked by Baez.
Malavino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Baez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Malavino rushes Baez and presses him up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baez.
Malavino lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malavino throws a leg kick but Baez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Baez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Malavino scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baez doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez rushes Malavino and presses him up against the ropes.
Baez is trying to break the clinch but Malavino is controlling him.
Baez breaks the clinch.
Baez clinches up against the ropes.
Baez breaks from the clinch.
Baez throws a one two combo.
Malavino just misses with a punch to the body.
Malavino drives through and clinches with Baez against the ropes.
Baez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baez throws a hook but Malavino blocks it.
Baez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick misses from Malavino.
Baez moves forwards but Malavino connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Malavino throws a head kick but Baez moves out of range.
Arroyo Malavino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malavino clinches up with Baez and pushes him back against the ropes.
Malavino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Malavino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baez.
Baez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malavino misses with a body kick.
Baez is looking to counter with head kicks.
Malavino misses with a wild body shot.
Malavino is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Baez rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez avoids a kick to the body.
Baez misses with a leg kick.
Baez throws a body shot but no joy.
Malavino connects with a body shot that sends Baez's belly button to the back.
Baez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Malavino.
Baez connects with a nice looking jab.
Baez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malavino gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Baez counters with a big head kick but Malavino shrugs it off.
Malavino tries to score with a low kick but Baez moves his leg out of the way.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right handed body shot lands from Baez.
Malavino struggles to land a body shot inside as Baez controls his hands.
Baez manages to break the clinch.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Malavino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Malavino tries to bum rush Baez with a series of wild strikes but Baez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Baez, as that shot connected.
Baez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arroyo Malavino will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Malavino tries to land a leg kick but Baez saw it coming and moves away.
Baez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Baez lands a two punch combo.
Malavino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baez throws a shot from downtown. Malavino moves away and avoids it.
Baez blocks a jab.
Good work by Baez as he checks the leg kick.
Bryant Baez is winning the standup battle so far.
Malavino avoids a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Baez.
Decent striking displayed by Baez there.
Baez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Malavino throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baez tries to clinch up but Malavino circles away and keeps his distance.
Baez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Malavino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baez moves away.
Baez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Malavino fails to land.
Malavino lands an elbow just above Baez 's eye.
Baez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malavino misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malavino tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Malavino tries to work over Baez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez takes an elbow to the temple.
Malavino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Malavino scores with a shoulder strike.
Malavino throws a head punch that misses.
Baez has a couple of punches blocked by Malavino.
Baez swings wildly with an uppercut but Malavino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baez blocks the elbow strike.
Malavino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baez avoids it.
Malavino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Malavino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malavino missing with knees to the body.
Baez avoiding damage as Malavino throws knees to the body.
Malavino can't find room to land a body shot as Baez controls the action.
Baez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malavino misses with a double jab.
Baez misses with a two punch combination.
Malavino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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!
A left and a right from Malavino both land. Nice combination.
Malavino blocks a head kick by Baez.
Baez is looking to land body kicks.
Malavino drives through and clinches with Baez against the ropes.
Baez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Baez.
Baez tries a head kick but it misses.
Malavino appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Malavino is looking to slow Baez down with leg kicks.
Baez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Malavino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baez throws a hook but Malavino avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Malavino checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Malavino gets tackled into the ropes by Baez. Baez maintains the clinch.
Baez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Malavino lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arroyo Malavino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Malavino connects with a right hand. Baez shakes it off.
Malavino with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Baez instigates a clinch.
Baez manages to break the clinch.
Baez takes the fight into the clinch.
Baez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malavino closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Baez tries to throw a body punch but Malavino avoids it by throwing Baez back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Malavino.
Malavino trying to land knees to the body.
Baez lands a nice uppercut.
Malavino lands a hook that snaps the head of Baez backwards.
Malavino throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Malavino lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baez presses Malavino against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Malavino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Baez.
Baez manages to break the clinch.
Malavino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baez misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malavino bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baez's head backwards.
Baez moves out of range of the body kick from Malavino.
Malavino cracks the inside of Baez's front leg.
Baez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Malavino misses with a series of wild punches.
Baez moves out of range as Malavino throws a body kick.
Baez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Malavino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Malavino.
Baez misses with a low kick.
Malavino tries to counter with a clinch but Baez shakes him off and moves away.
Nice body kick from Malavino.
Baez instigates a clinch.
Malavino stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baez tries to circle away but Malavino has him pinned against the ropes.
Malavino tries a body shot but Baez blocks it.
Malavino working aggressively here.
Malavino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malavino scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malavino misses with a body kick.
Malavino looks to score with a jab to the body but Baez is just out of range.
Malavino dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baez slips under a jab.
Malavino motions for Baez to come forward. Malavino throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Malavino misses the shot to the body.
Baez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malavino throws a body punch but Baez moves out of range.
Bryant Baez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baez blocks a head kick by Malavino.
A shot to the liver by Malavino. Beautiful body shot.
Malavino lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Baez throws a hook but Malavino blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab by Baez.
Arroyo Malavino is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Malavino scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arroyo Malavino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Malavino 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arroyo Malavino!
A victorious Arroyo Malavino thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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