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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Don Walker (ranked 8812 p4p, 154 weight class) and Nigel Gazelle (ranked 7450 p4p, 231 weight class). Walker kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jimi Hendrix - Hear my train a comin'. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nigel Gazelle!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker scores with a jab to the body.
Don Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gazelle tries to clinch up.
Gazelle takes one to the chin there.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Walker scores with a kick to the midsection.
Walker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Walker scoring well with a low kick there.
Walker lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Left hook, right uppercut from Walker.
Gazelle fails to land with a series of punches.
Gazelle wants to clinch.
Walker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gazelle has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Gazelle looks to clinch
and Gazelle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Walker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Walker.
Gazelle wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Gazelle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gazelle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walker lands with a kick to the temple. Gazelle shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Walker looks to land a combination but Gazelle avoids it well.
Gazelle moves into range and clinches up with Walker.
Gazelle manages to break the clinch.
Walker throws a series of punches but Gazelle moves out of range.
Walker throws a nice head kick!
Gazelle forces Walker back against the ropes and clinches.
Gazelle has Walker pressed against the ropes, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Gazelle has him pressed against the ropes.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Gazelle won't allow it.
Gazelle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gazelle has Walker pressed against the ropes, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Gazelle has him pressed against the ropes.
Walker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gazelle backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gazelle breaks the clinch.
Gazelle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walker throws a head kick but Gazelle moves out of range.
Gazelle forces Walker back against the ropes and clinches.
Gazelle just leaning against Walker, taking a breather.
Gazelle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid body kick from Walker.
Gazelle scores with a jab to the head.
Gazelle moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Gazelle closes the distance and clinches.
Gazelle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping leg kick lands for Walker.
Walker digs a good hook to Gazelle's body.
Walker scores with a three punch combo!
Walker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gazelle tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walker lands a head kick. Gazelle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gazelle tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Gazelle ducks right into an uppercut from Walker.
Gazelle tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker is looking to counter with head kicks.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Gazelle.
Walker throws a big counter combination but Gazelle scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Walker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That kick from Walker tenderised Gazelle's leg. Gazelle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gazelle moves into the clinch successfully.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gazelle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker thuds his right hand into Gazelle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gazelle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gazelle avoids the head kick by Walker.
Gazelle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gazelle manages to break the clinch.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gazelle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gazelle tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Walker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gazelle takes the fight into the clinch.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gazelle if he has to take too many more of those.
Walker lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker throws a head kick but Gazelle moves out of range.
Walker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Don Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gazelle forces Walker back against the ropes and clinches.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Walker dominated that 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.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker sets himself, and Gazelle steps forward looking for the clinch! Walker avoids it this time.
Gazelle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nigel Gazelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crunch! Walker slams his shin into Gazelle's torso.
Walker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gazelle instigates a clinch.
Walker wants to break free but Gazelle has control.
Gazelle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gazelle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Walker up against the ropes.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Gazelle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danga de danga de dang - Walker scores with a four punch combination!
Gazelle on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Don Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Gazelle wants to clinch.
Walker lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker throws a series of strikes that have Gazelle backpedaling.
Gazelle has Walker up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gazelle misses with an elbow over the top.
Gazelle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walker misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Walker. Those never looked like landing.
Walker works Gazelle's body with a nice hook.
Gazelle tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters circling a little - Walker finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gazelle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walker can pounce on him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gazelle misses with a left hand
and Walker counters with a right hand to the body.
Gazelle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a jab-cross combination.
Walker punishes Gazelle's body with a nice straight punch.
Gazelle forces Walker back against the ropes and clinches.
Walker is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Walker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walker tries to break the clinch but Gazelle is controlling the position.
Gazelle lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gazelle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gazelle manages to break the clinch.
Gazelle tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gazelle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gazelle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Don Walker has been cut.
Gazelle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gazelle misses with a body shot.
Gazelle tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gazelle can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gazelle moves into the clinch.
Gazelle tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Gazelle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Gazelle moves out of range easily.
Gazelle walks into a jab.
Gazelle moves into the clinch.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gazelle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gazelle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gazelle moves into the clinch.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but Gazelle has the dominant position.
Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walker scores with a kick to the midsection.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gazelle wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gazelle clinches up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walker.
Gazelle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker throws a head kick that misses.
Gazelle clinches.
Gazelle keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gazelle manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gazelle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Gazelle.
Walker connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Walker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Don Walker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Walker moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gazelle has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Walker.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gazelle rushes Walker and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gazelle obliges.
Gazelle trying to land knees to the body.
Gazelle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gazelle tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Gazelle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gazelle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gazelle. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gazelle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Walker.
Gazelle tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Gazelle doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gazelle tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walker dips to his left and cracks Gazelle with an uppercut!
Gazelle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Walker is trying to break free.
Gazelle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walker tries to break free but Gazelle pushes him back against the ropes.
Gazelle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gazelle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Gazelle.
Gazelle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick from Walker lands but Gazelle takes it in his stride.
Gazelle rushes Walker and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Don Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Walker scoring well with a low kick there.
Gazelle takes the fight into the clinch.
Gazelle lands with a left to the head.
Gazelle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walker lands a body shot.
Walker lands a glancing blow to the side of Gazelle's head.
Walker scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gazelle misses with a hook.
Gazelle moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker pushes Gazelle away with a front kick.
Gazelle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker scores with a head kick.
Walker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gazelles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gazelle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gazelle clinches up with Walker and pushes him back against the ropes.
Gazelle blocks a body shot from Walker.
Still in the clinch, Gazelle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gazelle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gazelle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nigel Gazelle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Gazelle is controlling him.
Gazelle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Walker. Gazelle shrugs it off though.
A big left from Gazelle misses.
Walker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gazelles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gazelle on the side of the head.
Gazelle throws a head kick that misses.
Gazelle loads up on a big right hand but Walker slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Walker.
Walker lands with a nice body punch.
Gazelle gets a clinch.
Gazelle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Walker lands a high kick!
Nigel Gazelle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gazelle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gazelle throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
Gazelle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walker. Walker obviously looking to wear him down.
Walker lands with a nice body kick.
Walker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gazelle. That did some damage!
Gazelle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walker, 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Don Walker!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Don Walker!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Don Walker!
Don Walker wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath and clearly excited Don Walker thanked Sully's Bar & Grill for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Nigel Gazelle spoke after the fight, saying '.....'.
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