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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eka Tahuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karen Darabedyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darabedyan has chosen KDB Highlights as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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165 lbs
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168 lbs
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Excellent boxer
KO power
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Excellent boxer
Solid 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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eka Tahuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karen Darabedyan!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tahuna takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tahuna.
Tahuna works Darabedyan's body with a nice hook.
Tahuna clobbers Darabedyan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tahuna slips a straight right by Darabedyan.
Darabedyan has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tahuna misses with the head strike.
Darabedyan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tahuna's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Darabedyan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short left from Tahuna.
Tahuna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darabedyan misses with a punch to the body.
Tahuna lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tahuna trying to control the position but instead, Darabedyan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tahuna into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darabedyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahuna.
Darabedyan looking to slow down the pace here.
Darabedyan misses with a punch to the body.
Darabedyan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tahuna is defending well for now.
Tahuna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darabedyan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karen Darabedyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tahuna connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tahuna.
Darabedyan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tahuna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Darabedyan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tahuna - the referee stops the clock and Darabedyan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tahuna. Darabedyan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Darabedyan swings for the body but Tahuna moves out of range.
Tahuna digs a good hook to Darabedyan's body.
Darabedyan looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tahuna tests Darabedyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tahuna is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna scores with a leg kick.
Tahuna lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Darabedyan is rocked!
Darabedyan glances at the clock... BAM! Tahuna nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Darabedyan crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Darabedyan is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eka Tahuna!
In his post fight interview, Eka Tahuna started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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