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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ezekel Rage (ranked 21805 p4p, 892 weight class) and John Walker (ranked 3896 p4p, 471 weight class). Walker has chosen Another One Bites the Dust as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezekel Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Walker!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
Walker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Walker feints and then cracks Rage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rage down.
Walker lands a leg kick that knocks Rage off balance momentarily.
Ezekel Rage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker lands a nice looking body kick.
Walker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A slow jab from Rage misses its intended target.
Rage lands a jab to Walker's midsection.
Walker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walker misses with a leg kick.
Rage wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rage tried to score with a low kick but Walker checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rage.
Rage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Walker has closed the distance and engaged Rage in a clinch.
Walker is trying to stall.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rage's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rage definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Walker tries to work over Rage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker working aggressively here.
Rage tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rage throws a head punch that misses.
Walker tries a body shot but Rage blocks it.
Rage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rage misses with a body punch.
Rage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Walker misses with some punches.
Rage lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rage throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Rage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rage lands an uppercut.
Rage lands a nice shot to the body.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker blocks an uppercut.
Walker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Rage.
Walker blocking some punches.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rage's elbow.
Walker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rage throws a head punch that misses.
Walker controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Rage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ezekel Rage will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Walker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walker slips under a jab from Rage.
Rage throws a body shot but no joy.
Rage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walker's calf.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rage looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rage scores with a nice strike.
Walker misses with a body shot.
Rage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rage swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Rage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walker cracks Rage with a nice body shot.
Walker tries a body shot but Rage blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.
Rage misses with the head strike.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Rage controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Rage.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Rage.
Rage misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walker.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rage misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Walker.
Rage digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rage misses with some punches.
Walker misses with some punches.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Walker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rage blocks a body shot from Walker.
Walker blocks an uppercut.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a body shot.
Walker blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walker.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Rage.
Rage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Walker.
Rage misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Walker - that landed with a thud.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rage's elbow.
Walker lands a left hand.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Walker.
Rage misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rage looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Rage throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ezekel Rage is winning the standup battle so far.
Walker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rage misses with the head strike.
Walker is trying to stall.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rage misses with the head strike.
Rage working aggressively here.
Rage prevents a body shot from Walker.
Rage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Rage.
Walker lands an uppercut.
Rage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Rage avoids it by throwing Walker back against the ropes.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage lands a hook that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rage backwards.
It looks like Ezekel Rage has been cut.
Walker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rage or not.
Rage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rage throws a head punch that misses.
Walker leaning against his opponent.
Walker lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Walker.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rage prevents a body shot from Walker.
Rage lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rage.
Rage swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker slowing the pace effectively.
Rage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Rage controls his hands.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rage is keeping busy.
John Walker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rage is rocked!
Walker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rage or not.
Rage swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Rage's head.
Oh Rage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walker breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Rage with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Rage looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Rage get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Walker!
John Walker really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that MayheM sportswear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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