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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Enoch Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Strashko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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215 lbs
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210 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
Excellent MT
Cardio machine
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Enoch Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Strashko!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strashko works the jab nicely.
Strashko clinches with his opponent.
The referee calls for Strashko to work.
Strashko working aggressively here.
Strashko has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Strashko misses with a punch on the inside.
Strashko lands with a light punch inside.
Thompson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thompson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Strashko.
Strashko scores with a shoulder strike.
Thompson misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Thompson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strashko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strashko stalls.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Strashko's elbow.
Strashko manages to break the clinch.
Enoch Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Strashko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thompson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thompson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Strashko scoring well with a low kick there.
Strashko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ivan Strashko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Strashko misses with a leg kick.
Strashko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Strashko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thompson is out of range.
Thompson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Strashko is predictable there
and Thompson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thompson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Strashko takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Strashko misses with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thompson throws a body punch but Strashko moves out of range.
Strashko avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Strashko goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Strashko moves into the clinch.
Thompson working aggressively here.
A short right from Strashko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strashko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson is trying to stall.
Strashko looking to slow down the pace here.
Strashko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thompson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thompson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Strashko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thompson's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson scores with a jab to the head.
Thompson lands a slapping body shot.
Thompson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strashko misses with a leg kick
and Thompson counters with a nice body kick.
Thompson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Thompson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thompson misses the shot to the body.
Thompson cracks Strashko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Strashko rushes Thompson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Thompson lands a hook that snaps the head of Strashko backwards.
Strashko looking to stall.
Strashko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ivan Strashko will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Good shot there by Thompson.
Strashko connects with a leg kick. Thompson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thompson tries to clinch up but Strashko circles away and keeps his distance.
Thompson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Strashko misses with a lunging right hand
and Thompson counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Strashko on his ass! Strashko wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue!
Thompson is looking to wear down Strashko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Strashko walks straight into a big right, left combination from Thompson and drops to the floor! Oh, he's out cold! He's out cold! Wow, that finish was brutal! Congratulations to Thompson as he moves his way up the rankings!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Enoch Thompson!
A less than humble Enoch Thompson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated Ivan Strashko had this to say: 'I got bribed to lose. Would have won otherwise.'.
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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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