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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Stan Van Gundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gar Diu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diu has chosen Pulse as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gar Diu has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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189 lbs
26 - 9 - 1 |
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190 lbs
28 - 24 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Van Gundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Gar Diu!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Gundy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diu can pounce on him.
Diu connects with a leg kick. Van Gundy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Van Gundy blocks a leg kick.
Van Gundy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Gundy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Gundy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diu. Diu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diu slips under a jab from Van Gundy.
Diu swings for the body but Van Gundy moves out of range.
Diu throws a hook but Van Gundy blocks it.
Van Gundy missing with a left hand there. Diu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Gundy avoids a kick to the body.
Diu tries a head kick but it misses.
Diu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Gundy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Van Gundy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Diu ducks under a wild hook from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy slips under a jab from Diu.
Diu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Gundy misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy scores with a shot to the body.
Van Gundy looks to clinch
and Diu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diu ducks right into an uppercut from Van Gundy.
Nice shot lands for Van Gundy.
Diu throws a leg kick but Van Gundy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van Gundy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Van Gundy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Gundy tries to throw a body punch but Diu avoids it by throwing Van Gundy back against the ropes.
Van Gundy lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Gundy gets through Diu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diu stalling in the clinch but Van Gundy improves position.
Van Gundy misses with some punches.
Diu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Gundy is keeping busy.
Diu takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Gundy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Van Gundy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diu misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gundy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diu.
Van Gundy lands a left hand.
Van Gundy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Van Gundy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diu is defending well for now.
Van Gundy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Gundy backwards.
Diu blocks a body shot from Van Gundy.
Diu tries a knee to the head but Van Gundy blocks it.
Diu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diu pushes Van Gundy back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Van Gundy lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Van Gundy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Van Gundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Gundy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Gundy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Van Gundy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Gundy throws out a loose jab but Diu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Gundy has closed the distance and engaged Diu in a clinch.
Van Gundy with a knee to the head.
Van Gundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Gundy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diu lands a nice uppercut.
Van Gundy pushes Diu back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diu blocks a body shot from Van Gundy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Diu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Van Gundy fails to land.
A short right from Van Gundy.
Diu is looking to control Van Gundy's arms but Van Gundy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diu has his back to the ropes.
Van Gundy tries to land a knee to the head but Diu blocks with his arms.
Diu can't find room to land a body shot as Van Gundy controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gundy has Diu pressed against the ropes, preventing Diu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Van Gundy as Diu tries to tie him up.
Diu throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Van Gundy on the inside.
Diu can't break the clinch.
Van Gundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diu backwards.
Van Gundy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Van Gundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gundy gets through Diu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Gundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diu backwards.
Diu tries a knee to the head but Van Gundy blocks it.
Van Gundy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Gundy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diu.
Diu wants to stall.
The crowd are calling 'kneeees!' as Van Gundy has the Thai clinch. Van Gundy obliges, smashing a knee brutally into Diu's nose and sending him crashing to the canvas! Will be beat the count?! 3,4,5,6,7,8...9... and he's up on 9! Wow, that was close! The referee takes a long look and is going to allow it to continue!
Diu is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diu walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stan Van Gundy!
Our winner, Stan Van Gundy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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