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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Philo Beddoe (ranked 22823 p4p, 830 weight class) and Dick Cheese (ranked 23179 p4p, 817 weight class). Beddoe kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pop Evil - Ways To Get High . Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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275 lbs
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Philo Beddoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Cheese!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beddoe fakes the leg kick and cracks Cheese in the body.
Cheese misses with a straight left.
Cheese throws an overhand right that lands on Beddoe's shoulder, as Beddoe tries to avoid the shot.
Beddoe thinks about countering with a body kick.
Cheese jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cheese tries to keep at a distance but Beddoe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Beddoe.
Cheese tries a body shot but Beddoe blocks it.
Beddoe stalling.
Beddoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Cheese misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cheese tries a body shot but Beddoe blocks it.
Cheese looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Beddoe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beddoe lands a nice looking body kick.
Beddoe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cheese's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Beddoe.
Cheese looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cheese has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cheese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beddoe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beddoe thumps Cheese with a low kick.
Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beddoe with a nice cross.
Beddoe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cheese takes a swing at Beddoe's ribcage but misses.
Beddoe throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
Beddoe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cheese misses with a looping left.
Beddoe feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Beddoe misses with a straight right.
Cheese now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Beddoe scores with a nice body kick.
Beddoe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cheese.
Beddoe throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Cheese to counter with a crisp jab.
Cheese chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beddoe can pounce on him.
Beddoe lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beddoe with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Cheese.
Beddoe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beddoe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
Beddoe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cheese manages to avoid it.
Beddoe walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beddoe.
Beddoe misses with a looping right.
Cheese takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A swing and a miss from Cheese.
Beddoe fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cheese just manages to avoid it.
Beddoe throws a lazy right hand but Cheese sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beddoe lands a jab to Cheese's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Beddoe throws the kick towards the body but Cheese avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Philo Beddoe dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cheese misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Beddoe finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Beddoe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beddoe swings for the body but Cheese moves out of range.
Cheese throws a body punch but Beddoe moves out of range.
Beddoe lands with a thumping leg kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Beddoe here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Beddoe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheese was well out of range. Poor timing from Beddoe.
Beddoe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Beddoe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cheese slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beddoe misses with a low kick as Cheese jumps back.
Cheese looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beddoe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cheese moves out of range as Beddoe throws a body kick.
Beddoe staying out of range there.
Beddoe connects with a solid leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Cheese.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Beddoe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beddoe.
Beddoe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beddoe moves in looking to clinch but Cheese pushes him off.
A nice side step and Cheese releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beddoe. Cheese does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cheese with a hook.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Beddoe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Beddoe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheese can do to turn this around?
Cheese scores with a nice head shot.
Beddoe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheese's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beddoe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Beddoe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
You can see that Cheese has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Cheese throws out a loose jab but Beddoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beddoe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cheese doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cheese tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A shot to the liver by Cheese. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cheese misses with a hook.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beddoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
Beddoe defending well as Cheese loads up on a big left hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Beddoe.
Beddoe stuns Cheese with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cheese fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beddoe manages to avoid it.
Beddoe with a jab.
Beddoe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beddoe defending well as Cheese loads up on a big left hand.
Cheese tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Cheese.
Cheese misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Philo Beddoe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cheese moves away from the strike by Beddoe.
Dick Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cheese moves out of range of the strikes.
Philo Beddoe is winning the standup battle so far.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Beddoe.
Beddoe darts in and clinches Cheese up against the ropes.
Cheese tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cheese prevents a body shot from Beddoe.
Cheese tries a body shot but Beddoe blocks it.
Beddoe lands with a right to the head.
Beddoe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cheese lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cheese tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beddoe's elbow.
Beddoe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cheese up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beddoe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cheese rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beddoe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beddoe jabs at Cheese's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beddoe throws a low kick but Cheese moves out of range easily.
Cheese looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cheese throws a body punch but Beddoe moves out of range.
Beddoe tests Cheese's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cheese throws out a loose jab but Beddoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beddoe scores with a decent looking hook.
Cheese missing with a left hand there. Beddoe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beddoe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Beddoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Cheese was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cheese connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beddoe momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beddoe.
Cheese on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beddoe. Beddoe obviously looking to wear him down.
Cheese uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beddoe.
Beddoe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
Cheese drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Beddoe onto his butt! Beddoe pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Beddoe is rocked!
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!
Beddoe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oh Beddoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beddoe scores with a decent looking hook.
Beddoe seems to have got his legs back now.
Cheese will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Beddoe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cheese misses with a body shot.
Beddoe wants to clinch.
Beddoe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beddoe lands a body shot.
Cheese scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Beddoe to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Cheese away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Beddoe got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese slips a jab from Beddoe.
Cheese looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beddoe throws a head kick that Cheese semi-blocks.
Philo Beddoe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cheese checks a low kick from Beddoe.
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 Philo Beddoe.
Well Beddoe 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Cheese!
Dick Cheese spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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pop
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RATING
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