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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Irvine Kinneas (ranked 3561 p4p, 408 weight class) and James Adams (ranked 17168 p4p, 612 weight class). Adams has chosen Thom Pace - Maybe as his entrance music. Irvine Kinneas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
16 - 4 - 1 |
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190 cm
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220 lbs
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World class MT
Granite chin
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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
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Irvine Kinneas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Adams!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams throws a series of strikes that have Kinneas backpedaling.
It looks like Irvine Kinneas has been cut.
Kinneas punishes Adams's body with a nice straight punch.
Kinneas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adams doesn't seem bothered though.
Kinneas misses with a hook. Adams ducked under it nicely.
Adams is looking for the big counter here.
Adams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Adams throws a lazy uppercut
and Kinneas counters by moving into the clinch.
Adams lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinneas.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinneas.
Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kinneas throws a head kick that misses.
Adams avoids the head kick by Kinneas.
Kinneas throws a leg kick but Adams sees it coming and moves out of range.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kinneas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams thuds a left hand into Kinneas's body.
Kinneas throws an overhand right that lands on Adams's shoulder, as Adams tries to avoid the shot.
Adams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kinneas, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kinneas misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a punch on the inside.
Kinneas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kinneas working aggressively here.
Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kinneas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Adams closes the distance and pushes Kinneas back into the ropes.
Adams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kinneas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adams moves away.
Adams throws a right hand that Kinneas ducks under and follows up with a left that Kinneas also avoids with ease.
Kinneas is looking to score with low kicks.
Adams moves into the clinch.
Adams blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kinneas fails to land.
Adams breaks from the clinch.
Adams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Adams there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adams clinches up with Kinneas and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kinneas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kinneas misses with the head strike.
Adams blocks an uppercut.
Kinneas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinneas misses with the head strike.
Adams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinneas lands a nice uppercut.
Kinneas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kinneas misses with the head strike.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kinneas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Adams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Irvine Kinneas's cut.
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.
Kinneas swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Adams tries to clinch there but Kinneas circles away.
Adams connects with the punch.
Adams tries to clinch but Kinneas is having none of it.
Kinneas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Adams moves into the clinch.
A short right from Kinneas.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
Adams blocks an uppercut.
Irvine Kinneas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kinneas throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Kinneas lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinneas.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Kinneas.
Kinneas misses with the head strike.
Kinneas has a couple of punches blocked by Adams.
Adams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kinneas lands a left hand.
Kinneas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinneas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams feints a jab promting Kinneas to slip. Adams then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kinneas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kinneas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from Kinneas does it's job there.
Kinneas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adams.
Adams darts in and clinches Kinneas up against the ropes.
Adams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adams struggles to land a body shot inside as Kinneas controls his hands.
Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kinneas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kinneas moves away from the strike by Adams.
Irvine Kinneas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinneas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kinneas dodges the punch combination from Adams.
Adams throws a body shot but no joy.
Adams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kinneas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinneas blocking some punches.
Adams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
Kinneas takes a shot to the head.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
Kinneas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kinneas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kinneas tries to keep at a distance but Adams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kinneas pushes Adams back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Adams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Irvine Kinneas's cut.
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!
Adams lands a head shot.
A big right from Kinneas misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Adams fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kinneas.
Kinneas misses with a punch on the inside.
Kinneas misses with the head strike.
Kinneas has a couple of punches blocked by Adams.
Kinneas lands with a short shot to the head.
Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinneas moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams blocks the body kick.
Adams throws out a loose jab but Kinneas uses good head movement to avoid it.
James Adams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kinneas jabs Adams to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Adams misses the target.
Kinneas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Adams tests Kinneas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams tries to clinch but Kinneas is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Adams.
Kinneas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Adams darts in and clinches Kinneas up against the ropes.
Kinneas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adams throws a head punch that misses.
James Adams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kinneas misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinneas.
Kinneas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Kinneas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kinneas looks to score with a jab to the body but Adams is just out of range.
Kinneas is looking to wear down Adams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Adams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Adams ducks under a wild hook from Kinneas.
Kinneas tries to move into range but Adams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas thumps Adams with a low kick.
Adams throws a series of strikes that have Kinneas backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kinneas throws the left hand but Adams avoids the punch easily.
Kinneas scores with a jab to the body.
Adams tries to clinch but Kinneas is having none of it.
Irvine Kinneas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kinneass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Adams slips a straight right by Kinneas.
A swing and a miss from Adams.
Kinneas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice shot by Adams.
Adams misses with a straight right.
Kinneas is looking to counter with head kicks.
Adams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kinneas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Adams misses with a looping left.
Kinneas misses with a hook. Adams ducked under it nicely.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kinneas throws a hook but Adams avoids it easily.
James Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kinneas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adams.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Adams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Adams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... James Adams!
During a confident post fight interview, James Adams thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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