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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zing Zing Francini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zing Zing Francini!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francini connects with a nice looking jab.
A combination from Francini does no damage.
Francini throws a right hand that misses
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range as Francini strikes.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nu Cuuuuutos is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with an uppercut that bounces Francini off the ropes and back into range.
Nu Cuuuuutos slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nu Cuuuuutos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Francini.
Nu Cuuuuutos fails to land with a series of punches.
Nu Cuuuuutos connects with a single shot there.
Nu Cuuuuutos cracks Francini with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Francini connects with a nice looking jab.
Francini fails with an attempt to clinch.
Francini moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Francini swings for the body but Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range.
Nu Cuuuuutos throwing a counter right hand but Francini manages to avoid it.
Francini throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francini can't break the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocking some punches.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes off an throws an elbow but Francini leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Francini tries to circle away but Nu Cuuuuutos has him pinned against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Zing Zing Francini has been cut.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets through Francini's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an elbow strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Francini has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a damaging elbow.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Francini blocks an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Francini avoids the elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francini swings wildly with an uppercut but Nu Cuuuuutos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Francini tries to break free but Nu Cuuuuutos pushes him back against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside that Francini shrugs off.
Francini prevents a body shot from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Francini fails to land.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an elbow over the top.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Francini is trying to break free.
Francini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Francini working aggressively here.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Francini backwards.
Francini wants to get back to striking at distance but Nu Cuuuuutos won't allow it.
Francini is trying to force a seperation but Nu Cuuuuutos has the dominant position.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zing Zing Francini's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Francini scores with the left hand. Nu Cuuuuutos knows he should have avoided that one.
Francini tries a head kick but it misses.
Francini swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a stiff right hand.
Nu Cuuuuutos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Francini to score with a decent uppercut.
Francini misses with an uppercut.
Francini throws a poor cross that misses
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a straight right hand.
Nu Cuuuuutos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Francini can do to turn this around?
Nu Cuuuuutos tries to move into range but Francini moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Francini swings widly with a right hand
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Francini tries to move into range but Nu Cuuuuutos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Francini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nu Cuuuuutos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Francini misses with a body shot
and Nu Cuuuuutos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Francini might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Francini lands an overhand right.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with an overhand left.
Nu Cuuuuutos dodges the punch combination from Francini.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Francini dodges the punch combination from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Francini throws a poor cross that misses
and Nu Cuuuuutos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Francini connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nu Cuuuuutos momentarily.
Francini tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nu Cuuuuutos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Francini throws a hook to the side of Nu Cuuuuutos's head but Nu Cuuuuutos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Francini throws a big shot that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nu Cuuuuutos is looking to counter punch.
Francini is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Francini wants to clinch up but Nu Cuuuuutos keeps it at a distance.
Nu Cuuuuutos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nu Cuuuuutos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Francini throws a right hand that misses
enabling Nu Cuuuuutos to counter with a crisp jab.
Francini closes the distance but Nu Cuuuuutos moves to the side
and Francini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francini misses with a lunging right hand
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Francini swings widly with a right hand
and Nu Cuuuuutos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big right from Francini misses.
A little feinted left hand from Nu Cuuuuutos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zing Zing Francini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francini is breathing heavily.
Francini misses with a straight right.
Nu Cuuuuutos is looking to counter the offense by Francini and move into the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos staying out of range there.
Francini misses with an uppercut
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Nu Cuuuuutos finds it's way through Francini's defenses.
Nu Cuuuuutos scores with a nice right hand.
Francini is rocked!
Francini looks to throw the jab but Nu Cuuuuutos is out of range.
Francini is still on wobbly legs! Can Nu Cuuuuutos finish him?
Nu Cuuuuutos clobbers Francini with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Francini closes the distance but Nu Cuuuuutos moves to the side
and Nu Cuuuuutos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot by Francini.
Francini seems to have recovered his senses.
Francini throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zing Zing Francini's cut.
That's time! Nu Cuuuuutos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Francini takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A cross from Nu Cuuuuutos lands.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos is winning the standup battle so far.
Francini misses with a straight left.
Francini throws a jab but it's blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Francini misses with a hook
enabling Nu Cuuuuutos to counter with a crisp jab.
Francini misses with a left hand
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Francini lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Francini throws a hook but Nu Cuuuuutos blocks it.
Nu Cuuuuutos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nu Cuuuuutos tests Francini's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nu Cuuuuutos slips a straight right by Francini.
Nu Cuuuuutos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Francini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Francini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a straight right hand.
Francini has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Francini looks to land a left hand but Nu Cuuuuutos moved out of range nicely.
Francini scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Francini tries to clinch
and Francini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nu Cuuuuutos cracks Francini with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Francini is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Francini is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francini takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Francini loads up on a big right hand but Nu Cuuuuutos slips the punch.
Nu Cuuuuutos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nu Cuuuuutos closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Francini crashing to the mat! Francini uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
A lazy left from Nu Cuuuuutos finds it's target.
Francini throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Francini or not.
Francini takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with a short shot to the head.
Francini lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Francini tries to throw a body punch but Nu Cuuuuutos avoids it by throwing Francini back against the ropes.
Francini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries to throw a body punch but Francini avoids it by throwing Nu Cuuuuutos back against the ropes.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with a light punch inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside.
Francini avoids the elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos, against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hook to the body lands for Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Francini.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Francini backwards.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Francini takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Francini's defenses.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes Francini back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nice elbow from Nu Cuuuuutos.
A head punch on the inside from Francini fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos takes that one big after scoring multiple knockdowns. It's amazing that we made it out of that third round.
The cut man is working on Zing Zing Francini's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nu Cuuuuutos cracks Francini with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Francini is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Francini is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Francini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Francini missing with a left hand there. Nu Cuuuuutos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nu Cuuuuutos is looking to counter punch.
Nu Cuuuuutos staying out of range there.
Francini throws the left hand but Nu Cuuuuutos avoids the punch easily.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Nu Cuuuuutos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Francini's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an elbow strike.
Francini misses with the head strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
Francini misses with some punches.
Francini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Francinis head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Francini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos gets through Francini's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Francini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nu Cuuuuutos cracks Francini on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Francini crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos!
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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