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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Raymon Dekkers (ranked 4624 p4p, 458 weight class) and Thomas Hearn (ranked 4974 p4p, 475 weight class). Dekkers's entrance music is Zombie Barricades. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raymon Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Hearn!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers scores with a nice right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dekkers lands a left hand.
Dekkers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hearn trying to land knees to the body.
Hearn is trying to break the clinch but Dekkers has him pressed against the ropes.
Dekkers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearn blocks an uppercut.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dekkers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hearn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dekkers's sensitive parts.
Dekkers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hearn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hearn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dekkers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearn forces Dekkers back against the ropes and clinches.
Dekkers misses with the head strike.
Dekkers working aggressively here.
Dekkers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hearn backwards.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Dekkers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hearn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dekkers backwards.
Dekkers prevents Hearn from breaking the clinch.
Dekkers throws a punch but it's blocked by Hearn.
Hearn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dekkers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hearn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dekkers backwards.
A short right from Dekkers.
Hearn is trying to push Dekkers away but Dekkers has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dekkers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dekkers lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dekkers throws a punch but it's blocked by Hearn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dekkers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hearn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hearn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dekkers throws a shot from downtown. Hearn moves away and avoids it.
Dekkers swats away the attempt to clinch by Hearn.
Hearn lands with a good body shot.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hearn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hearn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dekkers throws a leg kick but Hearn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Hearn's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dekkers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hearn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Raymon Dekkers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dekkers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hearn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Hearn tries to get set, Dekkers tries to push him back and clinch up but Hearn manages to avoid the attempt.
Dekkers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hearn with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymon Dekkers dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hearn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hearn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dekkers throws out the jab.
Hearn tries to clinch up
and Dekkers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hearn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hearn tries to land a front kick but Dekkers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hearn misses with a two punch combination.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dekkers. Hearn shrugs it off though.
Dekkers misses the shot to the body.
Hearn shapes to counter with a head kick.
Dekkers throws an overhand right that lands on Hearn's shoulder, as Hearn tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas Hearn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dekkers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Hearn lands but Dekkers takes it in his stride.
Dekkers tries a head kick but it misses.
Dekkers misses with a looping left.
Dekkers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hearn can do to turn this around?
Hearn drives through and clinches with Dekkers against the ropes.
Hearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dekkers has him pressed against the ropes.
Hearn blocks an uppercut.
Hearn blocks an uppercut.
Dekkers throws a head punch that misses.
Hearn misses with a knee strike.
Dekkers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dekkers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dekkers swings wildly with an uppercut but Hearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dekkers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hearn wants to stall.
Dekkers keeps control of Hearn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Dekkers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hearn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dekkers tries a low kick but Hearn avoids it.
Hearn has Dekkers up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hearn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dekkers is looking to chop away at Hearn's legs.
Hearn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hearn wants to clinch up but Dekkers keeps it at a distance.
Dekkers tries to counter by clinching up but Hearn breaks away and moves out of range.
Dekkers is looking to slow Hearn down with leg kicks.
Dekkers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Dekkers misses.
Hearn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dekkers can pounce on him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dekkers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hearn moves into range and clinches up with Dekkers.
Hearn blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dekkers misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hearn.
A shot in the inside from Dekkers.
Hearn taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymon Dekkers 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!
Hearn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hearn tries to land a front kick but Dekkers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dekkers.
Hearn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dekkers throws a chopping leg kick but Hearn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hearn punishes Dekkers's body with a nice straight punch.
Hearn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dekkers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers rushes Hearn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Raymon Dekkers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hearn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hearn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hearn prevents a body shot from Dekkers.
Hearn breaks from the clinch.
Dekkers keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dekkers misses with a double jab
and Hearn counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hearn checks the leg kick.
Dekkers misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers throws a hook but Hearn avoids it easily.
Hearn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dekkers lands with a good body shot.
Dekkers throws a low kick but Hearn moves out of range easily.
A clash of legs there as Dekkers blocks the low kick.
Dekkers cracks Hearn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hearn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dekkers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hearn moves in looking to clinch but Dekkers pushes him off.
Hearn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dekkers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hearn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hearn throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dekkers's corner calls for a 1-2. Dekkers obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hearn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dekkers throws a shot from downtown. Hearn moves away and avoids it.
Dekkers throws a shot from downtown. Hearn moves away and avoids it.
Hearn tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dekkers connects with a solid leg kick.
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!
Hearn slips a straight right by Dekkers.
Hearn moves in looking to clinch but Dekkers pushes him off.
Dekkers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hearn stalks Dekkers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dekkers's face. Dekkers staggers backwards, shaken.
Hearn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dekkers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hearn just misses with a punch to the body.
Hearn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dekkers.
Hearn scores with a decent looking hook.
Hearn moves in looking to clinch but Dekkers pushes him off.
Dekkers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raymon Dekkers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dekkers darts in and clinches Hearn up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hearn avoiding damage.
Hearn blocks an uppercut.
Thomas Hearn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hearn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dekkers misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Raymon Dekkers.
Well Dekkers 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raymon Dekkers!
After the big win, Raymon Dekkers made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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