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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Theodore Cleaver (ranked 20688 p4p, 606 weight class) and Anton Kruglov (ranked 5780 p4p, 539 weight class). Cleaver comes into the arena with Methlabs & MOONSHINE blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodore Cleaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 20 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Kruglov!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleaver rushes Kruglov and presses him up against the ropes.
Kruglov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cleaver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Cleaver on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kruglov.
A body shot lands from Cleaver.
Kruglov tries a knee to the head but Cleaver blocks it.
Cleaver takes a shot to the head.
Kruglov throws a punch but it's blocked by Cleaver.
Kruglov tries a knee to the head but Cleaver blocks it.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but Kruglov avoids the damage to the body.
Cleaver landing knees to the body.
Kruglov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cleaver lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kruglov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cleaver lands a nice knee to the body.
Kruglov looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleaver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cleaver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kruglov takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Cleaver.
Cleaver gets through Kruglov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver lands a left hand.
Cleaver misses with an elbow over the top.
Kruglov working aggressively here.
Kruglov struggles to land a body shot inside as Cleaver controls his hands.
Kruglov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cleaver is defending well for now.
Cleaver is pushing Kruglov up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cleaver lands an elbow inside.
Kruglov misses with an elbow strike.
Cleaver lands a knee to the head.
Kruglov misses with a body punch.
Kruglov blocks an elbow strike.
Cleaver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Our sources have told us that Cleaver has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Kruglov takes an elbow to the temple.
Cleaver utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cleaver lands an elbow just above Kruglov 's eye.
Kruglov lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruglov misses with a knee strike.
Cleaver blocking some punches.
Kruglov avoiding damage as Cleaver throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cleaver.
Cleaver can't find room to land a body shot as Kruglov controls the action.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kruglov avoids it.
Kruglov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kruglov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cleaver lands a nice uppercut.
Cleaver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Cleaver missing with knees to the body.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruglov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruglov.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruglov.
Cleaver tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kruglov landing knees to the head.
Kruglov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cleaver backwards.
Kruglov prevents a body shot from Cleaver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Cleaver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cleaver throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruglov.
Cleaver misses with the head strike.
Kruglov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cleaver struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruglov controls his hands.
Kruglov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov blocks a body shot from Cleaver.
Kruglov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Kruglov.
Kruglov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cleaver's face.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cleaver.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kruglov avoids it.
Cleaver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kruglov is defending well for now.
Kruglov is trying to stall.
Kruglov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov managing to block the knees to the body from Cleaver.
Kruglov misses with the head strike.
Cleaver lands a shot to the body.
Kruglov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cleaver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruglov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cleaver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruglov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cleaver's face.
Kruglov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kruglov misses with an elbow over the top.
Cleaver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kruglov's defenses.
It looks like Anton Kruglov has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleaver landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cleaver lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Cleaver as the two fighters clinch.
Cleaver lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Cleaver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anton Kruglov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Cleaver lands a jab-cross combination.
Cleaver takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cleaver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cleaver doesn't manage to clinch there - Kruglov circles away.
Cleaver tries to clinch but Kruglov is having none of it.
Despite the aggression on Kruglov's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kruglov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cleaver to score with a decent uppercut.
Kruglov is rocked!
Theodore Cleaver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruglov blocks a head kick by Cleaver.
Kruglov steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Kruglov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cleaver.
Kruglov misses with a head kick.
Cleaver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kruglov can do to turn this around?
Cleaver getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kruglov is still on wobbly legs! Can Cleaver finish him?
Cleaver closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cleaver.
Kruglov misses with a body punch.
Cleaver misses with a punch on the inside.
Kruglov seems to have recovered his senses.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruglov.
Kruglov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cleaver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruglov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kruglov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kruglov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cleaver lands a hook that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cleaver blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cleaver blocks it with crossed arms.
Cleaver lands a shoulder strike.
Kruglov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cleaver avoids it.
Cleaver blocks an elbow strike from Kruglov.
Kruglov scores a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Cleaver scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cleaver.
A head punch on the inside from Cleaver fails to land.
Kruglov has a couple of punches blocked by Cleaver.
Kruglov avoiding damage as Cleaver throws knees to the body.
Kruglov misses with an elbow over the top.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but Kruglov avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cleaver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cleaver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kruglov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cleaver missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cleaver fails to land.
Kruglov throws a head punch that misses.
Theodore Cleaver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Cleaver.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cleaver blocks it with crossed arms.
Cleaver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kruglov or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kruglov.
Cleaver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kruglov trying to control the position but instead, Cleaver has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kruglov into the ropes.
Cleaver managing to block the knees to the body from Kruglov.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the head but Kruglov blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov blocks a body shot from Cleaver.
Cleaver stalling in the clinch but Kruglov improves position.
Kruglov blocking some punches.
Kruglov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kruglov blocks a body shot from Cleaver.
Kruglov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cleaver working aggressively here.
Cleaver with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Kruglov.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but Kruglov avoids the damage to the body.
Cleaver blocks an uppercut.
Kruglov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cleaver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kruglov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kruglov trying to stall but Cleaver improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruglov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the head but Kruglov blocks with his arms.
Kruglov blocks an uppercut.
Kruglov blocks an elbow strike from Cleaver.
Cleaver missing with knees to the body.
Kruglov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cleaver blocks it with crossed arms.
Cleaver missing with knees to the body.
Kruglov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cleaver lands an elbow inside.
Cleaver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kruglov's elbow.
Kruglov managing to block the knees to the body from Cleaver.
Cleaver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruglov throws a punch but it's blocked by Cleaver.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cleaver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cleaver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cleaver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cleaver lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Cleaver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anton Kruglov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kruglov jabs Cleaver right on the nose. Cleaver blinks but takes it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cleaver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good exchange - Kruglov coming out on top.
Cleaver closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kruglov counters with a head kick. That will keep Cleaver thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cleaver moves into the clinch successfully.
Cleaver avoiding damage as Kruglov throws knees to the body.
Cleaver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleaver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kruglov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cleaver's face.
A shot in the inside from Cleaver.
Nice elbow from Cleaver.
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!
Kruglov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cleaver lands an elbow just above Kruglov 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cleaver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cleaver throws an elbow that misses.
Cleaver lands a nice elbow.
Kruglov avoids a wild elbow strike from Cleaver.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kruglov avoids it.
Kruglov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cleaver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cleaver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cleaver lands with a light punch inside.
Cleaver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kruglov avoids it.
Kruglov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kruglov blocks the elbow strike.
Cleaver softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kruglov pushes Cleaver back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Cleaver.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Kruglov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kruglov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cleaver tries to work over Kruglov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruglov stalling in the clinch but Cleaver improves position.
Kruglov lands with a short shot to the head.
Kruglov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruglov.
Cleaver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cleaver lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cleaver lands an uppercut.
Kruglov takes a shot to the head.
Cleaver putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kruglov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Cleaver throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Cleaver.
Cleaver pushes off an throws an elbow but Kruglov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Kruglov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver throws an elbow that misses.
Cleaver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruglov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cleaver avoids it.
Kruglov managing to block the knees to the body from Cleaver.
Kruglov working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kruglov.
Kruglov blocks an uppercut.
Cleaver tries to throw a body punch but Kruglov avoids it by throwing Cleaver back against the ropes.
Anton Kruglov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cleaver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cleaver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kruglov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kruglov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cleaver avoids the elbow strike from Kruglov, against the ropes.
Cleaver lands with a left to the head.
Kruglov blocks an elbow strike.
Cleaver scores a nice knee to the body.
Cleaver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kruglov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kruglov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver lands an elbow inside that Kruglov shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruglov dodges an elbow strike from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cleaver struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruglov controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cleaver.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kruglov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kruglov.
Cleaver lands an elbow that stopped Kruglov in his tracks for a moment.
Cleaver lands an elbow that stopped Kruglov in his tracks for a moment.
Kruglov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cleaver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kruglov backwards.
Kruglov blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleaver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kruglov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cleaver tries to throw a body punch but Kruglov avoids it by throwing Cleaver back against the ropes.
Cleaver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cleaver lands with a left to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theodore Cleaver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cleaver 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Theodore Cleaver!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Theodore Cleaver!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Theodore Cleaver!
Theodore Cleaver wins by unanimous decision!
Theodore Cleaver seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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