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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rect Umm (ranked 20250 p4p, 616 weight class) and Mario Zambrana (ranked 2269 p4p, 297 weight class). Zambrana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Impact is Imminent. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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195 lbs
19 - 14 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rect Umm!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Zambrana!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umm swats away the attempt to clinch by Zambrana.
Umm throwing a counter right hand but Zambrana manages to avoid it.
Umm uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zambrana has time to react.
It looks like Mario Zambrana has been cut.
Zambrana lands with an overhand left.
Umm looks to land a left hand but Zambrana moved out of range nicely.
Umm has taken the fight to the clinch.
Umm throws a punch but it's blocked by Zambrana.
Zambrana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zambrana.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zambrana stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Zambrana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zambrana is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrana throws a punch but it's blocked by Umm.
Umm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Umm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Umm has a couple of punches blocked by Zambrana.
Umm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Umm misses with the head strike.
Zambrana tries to work over Umm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zambrana takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Umm scores with a nice short uppercut.
Umm keeps control of Zambrana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zambrana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zambrana blocks an uppercut.
Umm has Zambrana pushed against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Umm blocking some punches.
Zambrana looking to stall.
Umm tries to stall but Zambrana uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zambrana wants to get back to striking at distance but Umm won't allow it.
Zambrana blocks a body shot from Umm.
Umm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Umm.
A short left from Zambrana.
Umm working aggressively here.
Umm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zambrana's elbow.
Umm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rect Umm dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Zambrana's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zambrana looks to clinch
letting Umm counter with a right hand.
Umm tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Zambrana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zambrana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zambrana now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Zambrana throws a right hand that misses
and Umm cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zambrana drives through and clinches with Umm against the ropes.
Rect Umm has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Umm - that landed with a thud.
Zambrana trying to control the position but instead, Umm has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zambrana into the ropes.
Zambrana lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zambrana.
Umm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zambrana or not.
Zambrana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zambrana throws a lazy right hand but Umm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrana walks into a jab.
Zambrana drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Umm is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Zambrana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Umm dodges the punch combination from Zambrana.
Mario Zambrana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Umm ducks under a wild hook from Zambrana.
Umm instigates a clinch.
Zambrana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zambrana trying to control the position but instead, Umm has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zambrana into the ropes.
Zambrana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Umm lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zambrana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Umm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zambrana looking to slow down the pace here.
Zambrana wants to stall.
Zambrana breaks the clinch.
Zambrana misses with a lunging right hand
and Umm counters with a straight right hand.
Zambrana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Umm.
Umm darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That has opened up Mario Zambrana's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zambrana moves out of range of the body kick.
Zambrana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zambrana throws a lazy right hand but Umm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zambrana lands a head shot.
Zambrana lands a leg kick that knocks Umm off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rect Umm will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mario Zambrana's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Umm. Zambrana does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Umm.
Zambrana shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Umm eats them both and turns towards Zambrana to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Rect Umm has been cut.
Umm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zambrana can do to turn this around?
Zambrana throws a right and a left that Umm avoids nicely.
Zambrana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Umm looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A lazy left from Zambrana finds it's target.
Umm blocks a head kick by Zambrana.
Zambrana throws a body punch but Umm moves out of range.
Umm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zambrana.
Zambrana throws a fast counter high kick but Umm manages to duck under it in time.
Umm misses with a hook. Zambrana ducked under it nicely.
Umm ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Zambrana. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zambrana throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Umm counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambrana tests Umm's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zambrana tries to clinch but Umm moves away
and Umm counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zambrana tries to clinch up but Umm circles away and keeps his distance.
Umm swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zambrana misses with a hook. Umm ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Zambrana.
Umm half committed to a counter leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Umm!
Umm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zambrana.
Umm has closed the distance and engaged Zambrana in a clinch.
A short left from Umm.
Zambrana tries to stall but Umm uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Umm blocks a body shot from Zambrana.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Umm stalling.
Umm lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Umm blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Umm on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zambrana misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zambrana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Umm stalling in the clinch.
Zambrana lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Umm misses with the head strike.
Zambrana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zambrana misses with a head kick.
A low kick from Umm is predictable there
and Zambrana counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Umm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Mario Zambrana just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Umm scores with a nice right hand.
Zambrana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zambrana darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Umm takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zambrana throws a head kick but Umm moves out of range.
Umm throws an overhand right that lands on Zambrana's shoulder, as Zambrana tries to avoid the shot.
Umm avoids the head kick by Zambrana.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umm misses with a straight right.
Zambrana tries to counter with a clinch but Umm shakes him off and moves away.
Zambrana lands the left hand.
Umm fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zambrana, pushing him back against the ropes.
Zambrana missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umm lands a shot to the body.
Umm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zambrana's efforts to push away.
Umm managing to block the knees to the body from Zambrana.
Zambrana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Umm is defending well for now.
Zambrana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Umm.
Umm pushes Zambrana back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Umm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zambranas head.
Umm scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Zambrana.
Umm swings wildly with an uppercut but Zambrana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zambrana misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zambrana tries a knee to the head but Umm blocks it.
Zambrana tries to break the clinch but Umm is controlling the position.
Umm has a couple of punches blocked by Zambrana.
Umm is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Zambrana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zambrana blocks a body shot from Umm.
Umm is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Umm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Umm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Mario Zambrana will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Umm listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zambrana gets a clinch.
Umm lands a nice shot to the body.
Zambrana lands a knee to the body.
Zambrana being controlled against the ropes.
Zambrana tries to stall but Umm uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Good body shot from Zambrana.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umm struggles to land a body shot inside as Zambrana controls his hands.
Zambrana will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Umm up against the ropes.
Umm tries to throw a body punch but Zambrana avoids it by throwing Umm back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umm manages to break the clinch.
Zambrana fails to land with a series of punches.
Zambrana moves out of range as Umm strikes.
Zambrana throws a sloppy head kick
and Umm counters with a straight right hand.
Umm's corner calls for a 1-2. Umm obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Umm takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The cut above Mario Zambrana's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Zambrana connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Umm's hands.
Umm avoids the head kick by Zambrana.
Zambrana swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Umm was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Zambrana throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Zambrana misses its intended target.
Umm seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zambrana throws a right hand that misses
and Umm counters with a nice uppercut.
Zambrana takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Umm lands.
Zambrana is rocked!
Zambrana slips a straight right by Umm.
Zambrana is still on wobbly legs! Can Umm finish him?
Zambrana throws a poor cross that misses
and Umm counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Umm moves into the clinch successfully.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Umm.
Umm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rect Umm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Umm has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 50:46
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 48:47
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rect Umm!
Rect Umm is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Rect Umm thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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