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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kick Boxer (ranked 3067 p4p, 310 weight class) and Daniel Silvestre (ranked 2032 p4p, 225 weight class). Silvestre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. El Chapo - The Game feat Skrillex kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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169 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
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165 lbs
34 - 14 - 0 |
World class boxer
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kick Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Silvestre!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvestre misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Boxer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silvestre misses with the body kick
letting Boxer counter with a right hand.
Silvestre lands a two punch combo.
Boxer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silvestre.
Boxer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silvestre pushes Boxer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Boxer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvestre misses with the head strike.
Boxer is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvestre gets an underhook and turns Boxer into the ropes.
Boxer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silvestre digs a right hand into Boxer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boxer's gas tank.
Silvestre lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silvestre scores with a shot to the side of Boxer's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boxer tries to throw a body punch but Silvestre avoids it by throwing Boxer back against the ropes.
Silvestre blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boxer.
Silvestre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silvestre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestre is looking to control Boxer's arms but Boxer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silvestre has his back to the ropes.
Silvestre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvestre is pushing Boxer up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Boxer lands a nice uppercut.
Silvestre told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Boxer lands a nice uppercut.
Boxer lands a left hand.
Boxer has a couple of punches blocked by Silvestre.
Boxer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boxer blocks a body shot from Silvestre.
Boxer throws a punch but it's blocked by Silvestre.
Boxer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer blocks an uppercut.
Boxer blocking some punches.
Boxer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boxer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kick Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvestre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boxer, pushing him back against the ropes.
Silvestre can't find room to land a body shot as Boxer controls the action.
Silvestre misses with an elbow over the top.
Silvestre's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Silvestre.
Boxer blocks a body shot from Silvestre.
A shot in the inside from Boxer.
Boxer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silvestre backwards.
Silvestre misses with some punches.
Silvestre lands with a left to the head.
Silvestre digs a right hand underneath Boxer's ribcage. Boxer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boxer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvestre trying to stall but Boxer improves his position.
Silvestre tries to throw a body punch but Boxer avoids it by throwing Silvestre back against the ropes.
Silvestre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boxer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boxer manages to break the clinch.
Boxer misses with a body shot.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silvestre unleashes a big counter combination but Boxer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Boxer misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boxer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
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 Kick Boxer will probably get the nod.
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.
Boxer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silvestre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Boxer fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvestre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boxer throws a leg kick but Silvestre sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Boxer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Silvestre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boxer throws a hook but Silvestre avoids it easily.
Boxer throws a shot from downtown. Silvestre moves away and avoids it.
Boxer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silvestre wants to counter with a clinch but Boxer pushes him away.
Silvestre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silvestre tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvestre manages to avoid it.
Silvestre slips under a jab from Boxer.
Jab, jab by Boxer - just one landing.
Boxer walks into a jab.
Silvestre moves out of range as Boxer throws a body kick.
Silvestre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Boxer counters with a nice uppercut.
Silvestre tries to close the distance and clinch but Boxer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boxer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvestre can do to turn this around?
Boxer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A leg kick checked by Silvestre.
Silvestre doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Some wild striking there from Boxer.
Silvestre wants to counter the offense by Boxer and move into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre throws a sloppy head kick and Boxer moves out of range easily.
Boxer misses with a right hand
and Silvestre counters with a right hand to the body.
Silvestre checks the leg kick.
Kick Boxer is winning the standup battle so far.
Boxer throws a jab when Silvestre was well out of range.
Silvestre takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer throws out a loose jab but Silvestre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boxer throws a head kick but Silvestre moves out of range.
Silvestre cracks Boxer with an open hand slap.
Boxer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvestre manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kick Boxer dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Silvestre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boxer.
Boxer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boxer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silvestre.
Boxer misses with a body kick.
Silvestre appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Boxer moves away from the strike by Silvestre.
Boxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silvestre throws out the jab.
Boxer went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Boxer blocks a head kick by Silvestre.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boxer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boxer tries to work over Silvestre's front leg with a kick but Silvestre checks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Silvestre misses.
Boxer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvestre.
Boxer swings widly with a right hand
and Silvestre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer throws a head kick that Silvestre semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Silvestre swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silvestre misses with a head kick.
Boxer looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Silvestre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A left lands for Boxer.
Kick Boxer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silvestre blocks a head kick by Boxer.
Boxer misses the shot to the body.
Boxer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silvestre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Boxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silvestre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silvestre.
Boxer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A shot to the body from Boxer misses
and Silvestre counters with a left to the body.
Silvestre tries to clinch up but Boxer circles away and keeps his distance.
Boxer throws an overhand right that lands on Silvestre's shoulder, as Silvestre tries to avoid the shot.
Boxer digs a good body shot into Silvestre's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvestre takes a swing at Boxer's ribcage but misses.
Boxer misses the body punch
and Silvestre counters with a nice body kick.
Boxer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silvestre.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kick Boxer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boxer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kick Boxer!
Kick Boxer thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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