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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Soa Silva (ranked 2596 p4p, 269 weight class) and Baby Josh (ranked 24426 p4p, 682 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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145 lbs
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Solid boxing
Good chin
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Soa Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baby Josh!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Josh's hands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Josh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Josh tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Josh tries to clinch up
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Josh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Josh darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Josh wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Josh, pushing him back against the ropes.
Josh trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Josh into the ropes.
A short right from Silva.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Josh looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Josh tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Josh breaks from the clinch.
Josh shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva rushes Josh and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Josh.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Josh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Josh looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Josh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva pushes Josh back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Silva.
Josh has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silva seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Josh can turn it around.
Josh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Josh can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Josh can't break the clinch.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Josh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joshs head.
Josh misses with a knee strike.
Josh looks winded!
Josh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joshs head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
A short left from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Josh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Josh tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva tests Josh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva catches Josh with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Josh is looking to clinch.
Soa Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Josh closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Josh wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice cross by Silva.
Baby Josh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Josh is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Josh tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Josh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Josh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Josh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Josh is breathing heavily.
Josh wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva is looking to counter punch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Josh looks to clinch
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Josh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Josh.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Josh can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Josh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Josh struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Josh taking a breather.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Soa Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Josh trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Josh into the ropes.
Josh tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Josh tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Silva.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Josh is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Josh looking to stall.
Josh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Silva dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Josh takes one to the side of the head.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Josh with an uppercut!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Josh is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Josh crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Josh face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Silva takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Soa Silva!
Soa Silva tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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