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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Theodore Cleaver (ranked 25175 p4p, 571 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 2455 p4p, 298 weight class). Cleaver comes to the ring accompanied by Methlabs & MOONSHINE. Nazaryan has chosen DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami as his entrance music. 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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170 lbs
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166 lbs
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World class boxer
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
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodore Cleaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleaver fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cleaver darts in and clinches Nazaryan up against the ropes.
Cleaver unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cleaver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cleaver throws a head punch that misses.
Cleaver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cleaver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cleaver misses with the head strike.
Cleaver misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cleaver.
Cleaver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleaver tries to work over Nazaryan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cleaver working aggressively here.
Cleaver throws an elbow that misses.
Nazaryan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cleaver lands with a short shot to the head.
Cleaver can't find room to land a body shot as Nazaryan controls the action.
Cleaver has a couple of punches blocked by Nazaryan.
Cleaver using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cleaver scores a nice knee to the body.
Our sources have told us that Cleaver has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A right hand to the body from Cleaver.
Nazaryan looks winded!
Cleaver missing with knees to the body.
Cleaver lands with a light punch inside.
Cleaver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cleaver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cleaver tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazaryan avoids the damage to the body.
Nazaryan dodges an elbow strike from Cleaver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cleaver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nazaryan's defenses.
Nazaryan managing to block the knees to the body from Cleaver.
Cleaver misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Cleaver - that landed with a thud.
Nazaryan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cleaver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cleaver lands an elbow that stopped Nazaryan in his tracks for a moment.
Cleaver trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cleaver.
Cleaver tries a body shot but Nazaryan blocks it.
Cleaver lands a body punch.
Nazaryan avoiding damage as Cleaver throws knees to the body.
Cleaver is leaning against Nazaryan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Cleaver dominated that round.
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.
Cleaver lands a nice hook to Nazaryan's body. Nazaryan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cleaver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cleaver throws out a leg kick but Nazaryan moves out of range and Cleaver only half commits.
Theodore Cleaver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cleaver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nazaryan.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cleaver has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nazaryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cleaver lands a nice knee to the body.
Cleaver struggles to land a body shot inside as Nazaryan controls his hands.
Cleaver working Nazaryan over with knees to the body.
A short right from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nazaryan backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cleaver misses with a punch to the body.
Nazaryan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
An inside leg kick from Nazaryan misses.
Cleaver darts in and clinches Nazaryan up against the ropes.
Nazaryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nazaryan misses the shot to the body.
Cleaver moves into range and clinches up with Nazaryan.
Cleaver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cleaver scores with a shot to the side of Nazaryan's head.
Cleaver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nazaryan backwards.
Cleaver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cleaver putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nazaryan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nazaryan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nazaryan is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Cleaver - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nazaryan is rocked!
Cleaver softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nazaryan is still on wobbly legs! Can Cleaver finish him?
Cleaver lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cleaver trying to land knees to the body.
Cleaver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cleaver unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nazaryan seems to have recovered his senses.
Cleaver lands with a right to the head.
Cleaver lands a good knee to the midsection. Nazaryan won't want to take too many of those.
Cleaver misses with some punches.
Cleaver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleaver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazaryan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theodore Cleaver dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cleaver and Nazaryan are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Cleaver throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Nazaryan into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Cleaver knows it - he's on the ropes flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Theodore Cleaver!
Our winner, Theodore Cleaver, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Vrej Nazaryan stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.
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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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