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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Darnell Nurse (ranked 21472 p4p, 15451 weight class) and Iosefa Umaga (ranked 600 p4p, 625 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Umaga's choice of entrance music: Ky-Mani Marley - Warriors. Darnell Nurse could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Iosefa Umaga's chin.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darnell Nurse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Iosefa Umaga!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse lands with a nice combination. Umaga backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Iosefa Umaga has been cut.
Nurse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Umaga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been informed that Umaga has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Umaga moves out of range as Nurse strikes.
Nurse seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Umaga lands a right hook to the body.
Umaga throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nurse on the side of the head.
Nurse loads up on a big right hand but Umaga slips the punch.
Nurse tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Umaga was well out of range. Poor timing from Nurse.
Nurse ducks under a wild hook from Umaga.
Umaga lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Umaga looks to land a left hand but Nurse moved out of range nicely.
Nurse throwing a counter right hand but Umaga manages to avoid it.
Nurse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Umaga.
Umaga misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nurse avoids the body shot from Umaga.
Umaga misses with a double jab
letting Nurse counter with a right hand.
Nurse ducks under a wild hook from Umaga.
Nurse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Umaga slips a straight right by Nurse.
Umaga connects with a right hand. Nurse shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse checks a low kick from Umaga.
Umaga connects with a looping right hand.
Nurse throws a shot from downtown. Umaga moves away and avoids it.
Nurse lands a nice shot that snaps Umaga's head back.
Nurse looks to land a right hand but Umaga moved out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nurse.
Umaga looks to throw the jab but Nurse is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Umaga there.
Umaga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nurse.
Umaga takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nurse is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice straight punches there by Nurse. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nurse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Umaga tries a head kick but it misses.
Nurse scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Umaga beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Umaga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Umaga throws a hook to the side of Nurse's head but Nurse sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nurse connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Umaga is rocked!
Nurse ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Umaga out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darnell Nurse!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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