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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jao Rua (ranked 1500 p4p, 182 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 25152 p4p, 554 weight class). Rua comes to the ring accompanied by Tarantula . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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171 lbs
21 - 4 - 0 |
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160 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jao Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Po throws a hook but Rua avoids it easily.
Po throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Rua works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Tong Po has been cut.
Rua works Po's body with a nice hook.
Rua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Po's hands.
Rua thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rua missing with a left hand there. Po was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Po tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Po.
Po on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rua. Rua obviously looking to wear him down.
Po tries to score with a low kick but Rua moves his leg out of the way.
Rua throws the left hand but Po avoids the punch easily.
Po throws a lazy uppercut
and Rua counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Po momentarily.
Rua jabs Po to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rua cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Po misses with a two punch combination.
Rua throwing a counter right hand but Po manages to avoid it.
Rua turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rua.
Po misses with a hook.
Rua swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Po takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Po throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That has opened up Tong Po's cut even more.
Po walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rua checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Po's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rua connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Po scrambles back to his feet.
Rua is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rua slips a jab from Po.
Po throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Po is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po throws an off balance right hand
letting Rua counter with a right hand.
A low kick from Po misses
and Rua counters with a nice uppercut.
Po takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The cut above Tong Po's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A swing and a miss from Rua.
Po looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Po misses with a left hand
and Rua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Po is rocked!
A big left from Rua misses.
Po walks into a perfectly timed head kick by Rua and drops face first to the floor! Po's eyes are wide open but he's not all there - he's just flopping around the mat like a drunk on rollerskates! The referee doesn't even start the count - he's called an end to the fight, with Po in no position to continue!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Jao Rua!
After the big win, Jao Rua made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Notorious and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Tong Po spoke after the fight, saying 'I live by the sword I die by the sword, Whatever happened has happened, no looking back now, the moment is gone...'.
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hype
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pop
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