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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Thomas Silver Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcin Kroll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver Jr comes to the ring accompanied by The Return. Kroll has chosen Celebrity Touch - Riverside as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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190 lbs
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192 lbs
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Excellent boxer
KO power
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Heavy handed
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Silver Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcin Kroll!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kroll has closed the distance and engaged Silver Jr in a clinch.
Silver Jr is trying to force a seperation but Kroll has the dominant position.
Silver Jr breaks the clinch.
Kroll is looking to clinch but Silver Jr is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silver Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kroll fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silver Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Marcin Kroll has been cut.
Kroll misses with a series of wild punches.
Kroll walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Silver Jr rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Kroll has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kroll gets a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kroll as Silver Jr tries to tie him up.
Silver Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kroll has him pressed against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver Jr blocks an elbow strike.
Silver Jr can't break the clinch.
Silver Jr is trying to break free.
Kroll tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver Jr avoids it.
Kroll keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silver Jr's efforts to push away.
Silver Jr breaks from the clinch.
Silver Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kroll under the eye.
Silver Jr throws out a loose jab but Kroll uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kroll moves into range and clinches up with Silver Jr.
Silver Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kroll has closed the distance and engaged Silver Jr in a clinch.
Silver Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Kroll won't allow it.
Kroll prevents Silver Jr from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Kroll won't allow it.
Silver Jr is trying to force a seperation but Kroll has the dominant position.
Kroll throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silver Jr blocks the elbow strike.
Silver Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silver Jr is working Kroll over against the ropes.
Kroll prevents Silver Jr from breaking the clinch.
Silver Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silver Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kroll fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kroll fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silver Jr, pushing him back against the ropes.
Silver Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silver Jr manages to break the clinch.
Kroll avoids the body shot from Silver Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Silver Jr should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Marcin Kroll's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kroll pushes Silver Jr up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silver Jr breaks the clinch.
Silver Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kroll tries to clinch but Silver Jr is having none of it.
Kroll takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kroll lands the left hand.
Silver Jr cracks Kroll with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That has opened up Marcin Kroll's cut even more.
Silver Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thomas Silver Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kroll manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silver Jr, right into the meat.
Kroll clinches up against the ropes.
Silver Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver Jr gets tackled into the ropes by Kroll. Kroll maintains the clinch.
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!
Silver Jr is trying to break the clinch but Kroll is controlling him.
Silver Jr tries to throw a body punch but Kroll avoids it by throwing Silver Jr back against the ropes.
Kroll keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silver Jr's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver Jr is trying to break free.
Silver Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Kroll off balance momentarily.
Kroll darts in and clinches Silver Jr up against the ropes.
Silver Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kroll manages to avoid it.
Kroll is looking to clinch.
Kroll tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Silver Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silver Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Kroll forces Silver Jr back against the ropes and clinches.
Silver Jr is trying to break free.
Kroll keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silver Jr's efforts to push away.
Silver Jr can't break the clinch.
Silver Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver Jr scores with a hook to the body. Kroll takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silver Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kroll moves away.
Silver Jr backing away here, and Kroll unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kroll closes the distance and clinches.
Silver Jr has had enough of the clinch but Kroll keeps him there for the moment.
Silver Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been informed that Kroll has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kroll fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver Jr thuds a left hand into Kroll's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Kroll displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver Jr throws out the jab.
Kroll rushes Silver Jr and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Silver Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silver Jr letting Kroll take a breather here.
Silver Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Silver Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcin Kroll's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Silver Jr works the jab nicely.
Kroll steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silver Jr.
Kroll tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kroll rushes Silver Jr and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Silver Jr is trying to break the clinch but Kroll has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Silver Jr.
Silver Jr has had enough of the clinch but Kroll keeps him there for the moment.
Silver Jr is trying to break the clinch but Kroll is controlling him.
Kroll misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silver Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver Jr gets tackled into the ropes by Kroll. Kroll maintains the clinch.
Silver Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kroll can do to turn this around?
Silver Jr manages to break the clinch.
Silver Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Silver Jr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver Jr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kroll tries to clinch up.
Silver Jr scores with a nice right hand.
Kroll tries to clinch up.
Silver Jr cracks Kroll with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Kroll is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Kroll is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Kroll could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Thomas Silver Jr!
After the fight, Thomas Silver Jr was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Marcin Kroll spoke after the fight, saying 'Man, that was tough fight.. i think after this i need to chill for a while u know.. get back to the gym, and get everything ready for my next fight... thank you people..thank you'.
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