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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Halfdan Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Amadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the ring accompanied by Killing in the name of.... The crowd seem to be enjoying Amadi's choice of entrance music: Tupac - Out On Bail. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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201 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
World class MT
Insanely flexible
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Halfdan Lodbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Amadi!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok pushes Amadi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lodbrok lands an elbow inside.
Amadi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Amadi misses with a few strikes there.
Amadi misses with a hook. Lodbrok ducked under it nicely.
Amadi tests Lodbrok's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lodbrok throws a front kick that sends Amadi stumbling back into the ropes.
Lodbrok dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Amadi. That did some damage!
Amadi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lodbrok connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Amadi scrambles back to his feet.
Amadi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lodbrok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amadi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lodbrok cracks Amadi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Amadi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lodbrok misses with a head kick.
Amadi's coach down at Black Widow Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Amadi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lodbrok looks low and kicks high, catching Amadi right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
Amadi is rocked!
Lodbrok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lodbrok connects with a body shot that sends Amadi's belly button to the back.
Lodbrok tries to close the distance and clinch but Amadi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Amadi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lodbrok doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lodbrok keeps Amadi at a distance using the push kick.
Lodbrok lands a lovely overhand right.
Amadi is still on wobbly legs! Can Lodbrok finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amadi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Amadi seems to have recovered his senses.
Lodbrok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lodbrok wants to clinch up but Amadi keeps it at a distance.
Amadi throws out a counter right but Lodbrok avoids it with no problem.
Amadi throws a hook but Lodbrok avoids it easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lodbrok. Amadi shrugs it off though.
Lodbrok cracks a nice hook into Amadi's ribs.
Lodbrok lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lodbrok closes the distance and pushes Amadi back into the ropes.
Lodbrok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amadi backwards.
Lodbrok misses with a knee to the head.
Amadi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lodbrok has him pressed against the ropes.
Amadi takes an elbow to the temple.
Amadi wants to get back to striking at distance but Lodbrok won't allow it.
Lodbrok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lodbrok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amadi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Amadi swings for the body but Lodbrok moves out of range.
Amadi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lodbrok throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lodbrok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Amadi.
Amadi looks to land a left hand but Lodbrok moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok scores with a leg kick.
Lodbrok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lodbrok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amadi.
An attempted straight right counter from Lodbrok misses the target.
Amadi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lodbrok. That one must have hurt.
Amadi looks winded!
Amadi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Amadi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Amadi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Amadi needs to keep his hands up - Lodbrok had a free shot at his head there.
Decent striking displayed by Lodbrok there.
Lodbrok rushes Amadi and presses him up against the ropes.
Amadi manages to break the clinch.
Amadi misses with an uppercut.
Lodbrok throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lodbrok throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lodbrok lands a nice looking body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lodbrok, right into the meat.
Lodbrok drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Amadi onto his butt! Amadi pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Halfdan Lodbrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body kick there by Lodbrok.
Lodbrok throws a sloppy head kick and Amadi moves out of range easily.
Amadi throws a lazy right hand but Lodbrok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lodbrok has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lodbrok.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Halfdan Lodbrok takes that one as he scored multiple knockdowns. Joseph Amadi was lucky to get out of the first round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lodbrok connects with a body shot that sends Amadi's belly button to the back.
Amadi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lodbrok.
Amadi misses with a hook.
Lodbrok was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lodbrok lands with an overhand left.
Amadi looks to score with a jab to the body but Lodbrok is just out of range.
Lodbrok steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Amadi to the mat! Amadi looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Lodbrok is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Lodbrok jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Halfdan Lodbrok!
In his post fight interview, Halfdan Lodbrok started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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