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Ring walk on now. 23:26 CET

National anthems now. Some chick in pick singing quite powerfully, completely without band. Nicely done. Same chick doing the German anthem now, without band. Big voice. Talented singer, don't like her style but.

Starting now.

Round 1

Scrappy first round. Sturm with a few better options. Sturm back pdealing trying to counter. Soliman throwing punches in bunces as always. Nice short right from Sturm. Tough round to score, maybe Sturm by a nose.

Sturm 1 Sol 0

Sturm stealing the round in the last 20 seconds.

10-9 Sturm

Soliman keeps getting hit clean as he's throwing wide.

Soliman down hard.

Soliman dropped. Nice.

Soliman too wild and open for Sturms beautiful counter-punches.

Soliman was all over the place after the KD but survived the round.

20-17 Sturm

Round 2

Soft left for sturm. Uppervut from sol. Sol is notn stop. Right over the top from sturm. STurm not throwing much, happy behind the guard. Soliman lands a big left, but a HUGE right counter over the top and and Soliman down like a sack of potatoes. Soliman gets wobbled again. Soliman swinign wild. What a fighter.

Great round.

Sturm 20 Sol 17

Round 3

Soliman definitely more tentative this time. Sol hurt again, but then lands a nice combo against and thru the guard. Jabs from Sol. STurm landed nothing this round. One punch. Close round for soliman. Sturm looked good behind the guard, but he didnt land shit.

Sturm 29 Sol 27

More of the same. Soliman easy to hit and has nothing on his own punches.

30-26 Sturm

Strange round 4. Sturm dropping his hands at times and Soliman winning the round slightly because of workrate.

39-36 Sturm

Round 4

Sol lands some soft shit. STurm throws one and Sol throws six counters. Jab from Sturm. Slow round. STurm not throwing again and if he throws, its a right which misses. Some light stuff from Sturm. Jay from sSTurm. Soliman also not landing clean. Very close round. Either three clean punches from Sturm or 15 glancing punches from Soliman. I'll give it to Sturm.

Sturm 39 Soliman 36

Fight is starting to blow. Sturm letting Soliman off the hook. Could've gotten Sam out of there probably but didn't want to waste energy.

Nice round for Soliman who landed all kinds of punches while Sturm has slowed down.

Sturm might be cut from a right uppercut.

48-46 Sturm

Round 5

Sol lands three clean punches, no power though., Jab from Felix. Right from Sturm. Right from sol and stiff jab from sturm. Soliman has stopped moving, bad mistake. Sol round the guard with a left. Left from sol, jab from sturm. land at the same time. Round still open. Anything but a one sided fight and real close round again. I'll give it to Sturm for the more powerful punches.

Sturm 49 Soliman 45

Round 6

Sol lands a right around the guard. Sturm taps him with a right and Soliman almmost down. Hard to tell if he was hurt with his style. Sturm left hook lands. Huge left hook from Soliman. Sturm laughs it off. Clearer round this time for STurm.

Sturm 59 Sol 53

Very close round 6. Both guys throwing and landing but I thought Soliman outlanded Sturm and stole the round.

57-56 Sturm

Round 7

Uppercut from soliman. Nice left counter from jab. Soliman throwing a lot of punches this round. Enough landing to be ahead. Short righ from sol lands. Sturm doing nothing,. Sturm on one knee, not ruled a knockdown, but sturm looks a little hurt. Sol landing more. Stumr doing nothing. Powerful vombo from sol on the bell. Clear round for Sol.

Sturm 68 sol 64

Another really close round. Sturm winning the first half with his returning jab, Soliman winning the second half. Could go either way, I give it to Sturm.

67-65 Sturm

I have it 68-64 Sturm

Soliman getting tired?

Close again but should be Sturms round.

87-84 Sturm

Round 8

Sol landing more and having success with the round house right. Nothing dangerous but landing clean. Sol too mbile for Sturm to use hsi jab and Sturm doing nothing. Meanwhile Sol- throwing 6 pnches to one. Sol lands a right. Sam up and down. What a motor this guy has. Sturm has theown four pounces. Sol clowning around. Sturm lands some but eats a soft left hook. Closer round. But I'll give it to Soliman

Sturm 77 Sol 74

78-73 Sturm