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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Asa Sharp (ranked 2149 p4p, 262 weight class) and Theodore Cleaver (ranked 25072 p4p, 570 weight class). Cleaver has chosen Methlabs & MOONSHINE as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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175 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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170 lbs
1 - 0 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asa Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodore Cleaver!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleaver misses with an uppercut.
Cleaver gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sharp.
Cleaver closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sharp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cleaver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cleaver tries to work over Sharp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cleaver working Sharp over with knees to the body.
Sharp lands a nice uppercut.
Cleaver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sharp's efforts to push away.
Cleaver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sharp has had enough of the clinch but Cleaver keeps him there for the moment.
Cleaver lands a nice uppercut.
Cleaver keeps control of Sharp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cleaver working aggressively here.
Sharp is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sharp can't find room to land a body shot as Cleaver controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Cleaver as the two fighters clinch.
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 Sharp.
Sharp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cleaver clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.
Sharp wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Cleaver.
Cleaver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Sharp throws a head punch that misses.
Sharp pushes Cleaver back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sharp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cleaver.
Cleaver throws an elbow that misses.
Sharp tries to break free but Cleaver pushes him back against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cleaver obliges.
A nice left hand lands by Cleaver.
Nice body punch from Cleaver.
Cleaver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sharps head.
Sharp is trying to force a seperation but Cleaver has the dominant position.
Cleaver crunches a lovely knee into Sharp's ribcage.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sharp avoids it.
Sharp tries to land knees in the clinch but Cleaver avoids the damage to the body.
Cleaver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but Sharp avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleaver trying to land knees to the body.
Cleaver told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Cleaver working aggressively here.
Sharp breaks from the clinch.
Cleaver wants to clinch.
Cleaver throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sharp.
Sharp was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sharp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sharp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cleaver sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cleaver darts in and clinches Sharp up against the ropes.
Cleaver misses with a body punch.
Cleaver can't find room to land a body shot as Sharp controls the action.
Cleaver blocking some punches.
Cleaver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sharp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but Sharp avoids the damage to the body.
Cleaver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sharp or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Sharp as the two fighters clinch.
Sharp breaks the clinch.
Cleaver shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sharp throws a shot from downtown. Cleaver moves away and avoids it.
Theodore Cleaver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cleaver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sharp circles away.
Cleaver has Sharp up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cleaver misses with a knee to the head.
Cleaver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharp lands a shoulder strike.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Cleaver.
Cleaver swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cleaver has Sharp pressed against the ropes, preventing Sharp from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cleaver blocks a body shot from Sharp.
Sharp swings wildly with an uppercut but Cleaver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sharp obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp blocks a body shot from Cleaver.
Sharp wants to get back to striking at distance but Cleaver won't allow it.
Cleaver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sharp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sharp breaks from the clinch.
Sharp throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cleaver tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sharp manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cleaver slips a straight right by Sharp.
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!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sharp - that will leave a mark!
Cleaver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sharp managing to block the knees to the body from Cleaver.
Cleaver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sharp prevents a body shot from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cleaver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sharp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cleavers head.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cleaver avoids it.
Cleaver misses with a punch to the body.
Cleaver lands an elbow just above Sharp 's eye.
It looks like Asa Sharp has been cut.
Sharp is trying to force a seperation but Cleaver has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Theodore Cleaver will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Asa Sharp's cut.
That's time! Sharp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cleaver tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cleaver tries to clinch there but Sharp circles away.
Sharp connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cleaver momentarily.
Sharp throws a big shot that misses.
Sharp scores with a jab.
Cleaver is rocked!
Cleaver throws a right hand that Sharp ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharp also avoids with ease.
Sharp swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cleaver walks into a left hand.
Cleaver is still on wobbly legs! Can Sharp finish him?
Sharp fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cleaver checks it well.
Sharp misses the jab.
Cleaver is looking to clinch but Sharp is avoiding it.
Cleaver seems to have recovered his senses.
Cleaver blocks a head kick by Sharp.
Sharp throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cleaver missing with a left hand there. Sharp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sharp misses with a few strikes there.
Cleaver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cleaver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleaver misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp connects with a leg kick. Cleaver looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cleaver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sharp swats away the attempt to clinch by Cleaver.
Sharp fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cleaver checks it well.
Sharp's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cleaver connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sharp scrambles back to his feet.
Sharp throws a hook but Cleaver blocks it.
Cleaver appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sharp looks to throw the jab but Cleaver is out of range.
Sharp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cleaver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Sharp scores with a jab.
Sharp cracks Cleaver with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cleaver closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sharp misses with the head strike.
Cleaver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Sharp avoiding damage as Cleaver throws knees to the body.
Cleaver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sharps head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cleaver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sharp manages to break the clinch.
Cleaver moves into the clinch.
Sharp breaks the clinch.
Sharp misses with an uppercut
and Cleaver counters with a straight right hand.
Sharp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sharp slips under a jab from Cleaver.
Cleaver wants to clinch.
Asa Sharp is winning the standup battle so far.
Cleaver on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sharp circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sharp connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sharp tries to land a front kick but Cleaver steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cleaver throws a counter combo.
Cleaver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws a looping overhand right but Cleaver ducks down to avoid it.
Cleaver is looking for the big counter here.
A punch lands to the side of Cleaver 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cleaver forces Sharp back against the ropes and clinches.
Sharp manages to break the clinch.
Cleaver tries to clinch up but Sharp circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cleaver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cleaver tries to clinch up but Sharp circles away and keeps his distance.
Cleaver takes the fight into the clinch.
Cleaver tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sharp gets through Cleaver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cleaver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cleaver is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sharp is keeping busy.
Sharp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.
Cleaver lands an elbow inside that Sharp shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Sharp tenderised Cleaver's leg. Cleaver is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sharp tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cleaver is able to avoid easily.
Sharp keeps the fight on the outside.
Cleaver clinches up against the ropes.
A short left from Cleaver.
Sharp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Theodore Cleaver seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cleaver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.
Sharp swings wildly with an uppercut but Cleaver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cleaver tries a knee to the head but Sharp blocks it.
Cleaver trying to land knees to the body.
Cleaver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sharp breaks the clinch.
Sharp catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Cleaver stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Cleaver walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sharp.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asa Sharp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Asa Sharp's cut.
That's time! Sharp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nice defenses there by Cleaver.
Sharp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cleaver tries to clinch but Sharp moves away
and Sharp counters with a good low kick that Cleaver was not able to check.
Cleaver leaves his chin hanging out and Sharp seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Cleaver crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Asa Sharp!
Asa Sharp decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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