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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Steve Hicks (ranked 21017 p4p, 582 weight class) and Tei Yeily (ranked 20536 p4p, 577 weight class). Tei Yeily has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Steve Hicks's chin.
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160 lbs
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tei Yeily!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yeily wants to counter with a clinch but Hicks pushes him away.
Yeily tries to score with a low kick but Hicks moves his leg out of the way.
Hicks misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Yeily misses.
Hicks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hicks tries to move into range but Yeily moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Hicks does it's job there.
A jab from Yeily finds it's way through Hicks's defenses.
Hicks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yeily moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeily cracks Hicks with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hicks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yeily.
Hicks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Yeily slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hicks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yeily.
Hicks lands a nice hook to Yeily's body. Yeily takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Yeily fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hicks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hicks misses with a hook
and Yeily counters with a slapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Yeily there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yeily throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hicks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yeily lands with a nice body punch.
Hicks misses the jab.
Yeily closes the distance and pushes Hicks back into the ropes.
Yeily misses with a knee strike.
Hicks misses with a body punch.
Hicks lands a body shot.
Yeily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Hicks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Hicks misses.
Yeily on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yeily swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Hicks tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yeily bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hicks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yeily throws a poor cross that misses
and Hicks counters with a stiff right hand.
Hicks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hicks swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yeily ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hicks moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeily walks into a left hand.
Yeily 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.
Yeily waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hicks.
Hicks swings for the body but Yeily moves out of range.
Hicks throws a lazy right hand but Yeily sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Yeily.
Hicks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steve Hicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yeily throws a leg kick but Hicks moved away.
Hicks misses with a lunging right hand
and Yeily counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yeily digs a good hook to Hicks's body.
Hicks looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A leg kick checked by Hicks.
Yeily slips under a jab from Hicks.
Hicks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yeily sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yeily wants to counter the offense by Hicks and move into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yeily displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hicks throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yeily.
Yeily swings widly with a right hand
and Hicks counters with a nice body shot.
Yeily scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hicks doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tei Yeily will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hicks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sloppy strikes from Hicks. Those never looked like landing.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Yeily moved out of range nicely.
Yeily throws a low kick but Hicks avoids it.
Hicks misses with a wild body shot.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Hicks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yeily counters with a good low kick that Hicks was not able to check.
Hicks cracks Yeily with a good jab.
Yeily lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Yeily misses the target.
Hicks misses with a looping left.
Yeily moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeily throws out a loose jab but Hicks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hicks throws the left hand but Yeily avoids the punch easily.
Hicks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hicks doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hicks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hicks throws a nice looking combination but Yeily bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A good leg kick by Yeily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeily chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A swing and a miss from Hicks.
Hicks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yeily is looking to clinch but Hicks is avoiding it.
Yeily thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yeily misses with a straight left.
Yeily moves out of range as Hicks strikes.
Hicks moves out of range as Yeily strikes.
Hicks gets tackled into the ropes by Yeily. Yeily maintains the clinch.
Yeily with a knee to the head.
It looks like Steve Hicks has been cut.
Yeily keeps control of Hicks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hicks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hicks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Yeily.
Yeily uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hicks.
Despite the aggression on Yeily's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hicks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yeily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeily is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hicks throws a body shot but no joy.
Yeily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
Hicks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yeily throws a big shot that misses.
Hicks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A bone on bone clash there as Hicks blocks the leg kick.
Yeily scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yeily throws a leg kick but Hicks moved away.
Tei Yeily seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hicks has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yeily finds it's way round the side to connect with Hicks's head.
Yeily connects with an inside leg kick.
Yeily uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hicks.
Hicks throws out a loose jab but Yeily uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hicks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yeily manages to avoid it.
Yeily slips a jab from Hicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tei Yeily will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Steve Hicks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yeily throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hicks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yeily counters with a low kick, right behind Hicks 's knee.
Yeily misses with a head kick.
Hicks connects with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Yeily.
Yeily lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Yeily steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hicks.
Yeily appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hicks throws a big shot that misses.
Hicks misses with a few strikes there.
Hicks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeily thumps Hicks with a low kick.
Yeily thumps Hicks with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hicks.
Yeily throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hicks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeily moves into the clinch successfully.
Hicks misses with some punches.
Hicks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hicks misses with a left hand
and Yeily holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yeily.
Hicks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yeily creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yeily lands a hook that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
Yeily landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hicks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Yeily prevents Hicks from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hicks.
Yeily pushes off an throws an elbow but Hicks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Yeily.
Yeily misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Hicks fails to land.
Yeily misses with an elbow over the top.
Yeily tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks is looking to break free of the clinch but Yeily has double underhooks.
Hicks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Yeily.
Yeily lands an elbow that stopped Hicks in his tracks for a moment.
Tei Yeily seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yeily digs a right hand underneath Hicks's ribcage. Hicks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hicks breaks from the clinch.
Yeily lands a body shot.
Yeily throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hicks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yeily swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hicks counters with a left to the body.
Yeily is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yeily digs a good hook to Hicks's body.
Hicks throws a jab when Yeily was well out of range.
Yeily fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hicks manages to avoid it.
Steve Hicks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hicks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yeily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yeily lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tei Yeily comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yeily has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tei Yeily!
A less than humble Tei Yeily misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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