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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kickin Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Safforn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rad comes to the cage accompanied by Kids Of The K-Hole. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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264 lbs
29 - 10 - 0 |
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205 cm
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279 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kickin Rad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Safforn!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rad feints and then cracks Safforn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Safforn down.
Safforn misses with a jab, cross combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rad.
Rad has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Safforn.
Safforn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rad.
Rad wants to slow Safforn down by chopping away at his legs.
Rad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Safforn.
Safforn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rad was well out of range. Poor timing from Safforn.
Rad keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Abraham Safforn has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid leg kick lands there for Safforn.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Safforn checks a leg kick.
Safforn instigates a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Safforn as the two fighters clinch.
I was talking to Rad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rad misses with a punch to the body.
Rad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Safforn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safforn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rad tries a body shot but Safforn blocks it.
Safforn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Safforn blocks a body shot from Rad.
The referee calls for Safforn to work.
Safforn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rad backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Rad.
Rad is trying to maintain a safe position but Safforn gets an underhook and turns Rad into the cage.
Rad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Safforn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Safforn is looking to control Rad's arms but Rad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Safforn has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Safforn.
Rad trying to stall but Safforn improves his position.
Rad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Safforn's elbow.
Safforn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rad there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Safforn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad throws a chopping leg kick but Safforn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Safforn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rad.
Rad slips under a jab from Safforn.
Safforn misses with a leg kick
and Rad counters with a good low kick that Safforn was not able to check.
Rad goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick from Safforn lands but Rad takes it in his stride.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rad.
Safforn scores with a jab. Rad acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rad fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Safforn.
Safforn thows a body shot but no joy.
Safforn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rad misses with a body kick.
Rad is looking to slow Safforn down with leg kicks.
Safforn misses with a body shot.
Rad turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rad swats away the attempt to clinch by Safforn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Rad.
Safforn looks winded!
Jab from Rad.
Rad scores with the left hand. Safforn knows he should have avoided that one.
Rad catches Safforn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rad misses with a low kick.
Rad keeps Safforn at a distance using the push kick.
Safforn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rad to score with a decent uppercut.
That has opened up Abraham Safforn's cut even more.
Safforn throws a leg kick but Rad moved away.
Rad scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rad lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Safforn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rad can pounce on him.
Rad connects with an inside leg kick.
Rad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Safforn's calf.
Rad scores with a leg kick.
Rad throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Safforn blocks the body kick.
Rad connects with a looping right hand.
Rad lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rad ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rad lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Safforn takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rad connects with a good right hand that stumbles Safforn. Safforn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Safforn on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rad.
Rad connects with a body shot that sends Safforn's belly button to the back.
Rad lunges at Safforn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Safforn's hand.
Rad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rad.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Safforn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Safforn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rad is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rad fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Safforn.
Nice uppercut lands for Rad. That snapped Safforn's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kickin Rad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abraham Safforn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Safforn throws a shot from downtown. Rad moves away and avoids it.
Rad scores with the left hand. Safforn knows he should have avoided that one.
Rad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Safforn can do to turn this around?
Rad takes a swing at Safforn's ribcage but misses.
Rad connects with a jab.
Nice body punch from Rad.
Rad misses with a kick to the body
and Safforn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Safforn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rad. That one must have hurt.
Safforn misses the jab.
Safforn looks to clinch
and Rad counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Safforn thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Safforn checks the leg kick.
Rad throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Safforn is breathing heavily.
Rad throws a low kick but Safforn moves out of range easily.
Rad misses with a leg kick.
Rad misses with a few strikes there.
Rad connects with an inside leg kick.
Rad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Safforn's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rad thows a body kick. Safforn tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rad scores with a spinning back kick!
Kickin Rad is winning the standup battle so far.
Rad listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The cut above Abraham Safforn's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rad lands a nice looking body kick.
Rad delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Safforn's calf.
Safforn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rad bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rad turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rad lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rad.
Safforn has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rad.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rad.
Rad throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rad changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rad - that will leave a mark!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rad connects with a leg kick. Safforn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rad scores with a hook.
Abraham Safforn's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Abraham Safforn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kickin Rad!
Kickin Rad decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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