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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tobin Frost (ranked 13262 p4p, 770 weight class) and Liam McGuiness (ranked 2822 p4p, 368 weight class). McGuiness has chosen The Boys are Back by Dropkick Murphys as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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209 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Tobin Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 26 - 2, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frost explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Frost cracks McGuiness with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Frost lands a slapping body shot.
McGuiness throws out a loose jab but Frost uses good head movement to avoid it.
McGuiness takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've been informed that McGuiness has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Frost swings widly with a right hand
and McGuiness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Frost throws a wild body kick that McGuiness sees coming a mile off.
Frost digs a good hook to McGuiness's body.
Frost lands a glancing blow to the side of McGuiness's head.
A swing and a miss from McGuiness.
Frost connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frost looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost tries to clinch there but McGuiness circles away.
Frost thumps McGuiness with a low kick.
Nice uppercut lands for McGuiness. That snapped Frost's head back.
No joy there for Frost, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGuiness looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Frost tries to clinch there but McGuiness circles away.
Frost moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Frost lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGuiness circles away quickly and effectively.
It seemed like McGuiness was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Frost throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little jabbing left from McGuiness on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Frost shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McGuiness eats them both and turns towards Frost to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
McGuiness misses with a looping left.
McGuiness moves out of range of the strikes.
McGuiness swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McGuiness misses with a lunging right hand
and Frost counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness defending well as Frost loads up on a big left hand.
McGuiness looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frost lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Frost tries to land a body kick
and McGuiness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frost looks to throw a body kick
and McGuiness counters with a straight right hand.
Frost dips to his left and cracks McGuiness with an uppercut!
Tobin Frost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frost tries to clinch up
and McGuiness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McGuiness takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frost tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobin Frost dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
McGuiness is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Frost misses with a body kick.
Frost slips a straight right by McGuiness.
McGuiness throws a wild body kick that Frost sees coming a mile off.
Frost throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McGuiness stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Frost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGuiness can do to turn this around?
Frost throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Frost has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Frost there as he acknowledges the shot.
Frost throws out a leg kick but McGuiness moves out of range and Frost only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuiness scores with a nice head shot.
Frost tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but McGuiness paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGuiness throws a hook to the side of Frost's head but Frost sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Frost lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuiness slips a straight right by Frost.
McGuiness throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
McGuiness scores with a crisp jab that stopped Frost in his tracks.
McGuiness drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Frost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frost misses with a double jab.
Frost uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McGuiness.
A solid body kick from Frost.
McGuiness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGuiness throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
Frost is looking to clinch.
McGuiness looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tobin Frost is winning the standup battle so far.
Frost listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Frost jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost throws a push kick but McGuiness slaps the foot to one side.
McGuiness on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McGuiness's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Frost connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGuiness scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frost throws the kick towards the body but McGuiness avoids it.
McGuiness throws out a counter right but Frost avoids it with no problem.
McGuiness throws a hook but Frost blocks it.
Frost fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuiness manages to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Frost has a couple of punches blocked by McGuiness.
Frost swings wildly with an uppercut but McGuiness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frost misses with a punch to the body.
Frost misses with a punch to the body.
Frost tries to throw a body punch but McGuiness avoids it by throwing Frost back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobin Frost 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!
Frost lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tobin Frost is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frost throws a push kick but McGuiness slaps the foot to one side.
Frost swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from McGuiness on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Liam McGuiness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big right from Frost misses.
McGuiness takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Frost lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Frost swings away with a body shot that misses
and McGuiness counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frost connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McGuiness momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McGuiness cracks Frost with an open hand slap.
A lazy body kick from Frost
and McGuiness counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Frost goes down! McGuiness rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Frost is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuiness grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Frost takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! McGuiness cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Liam McGuiness!
Liam McGuiness managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill, into his post fight interview.
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