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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Abe Lievin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szczęsny has chosen Immortal Technique-Obnoxious as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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223 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abe Lievin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzysztof Szczęsny!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lievin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Szczęsny works Lievin 's body with a nice hook.
Szczęsny throws a low kick but Lievin avoids it.
Szczęsny throws a jab but it's blocked by Lievin .
Szczęsny takes a swing at Lievin 's ribcage but misses.
Lievin is looking to counter with a body kick.
Krzysztof Szczęsny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lievin thows a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it
and Szczęsny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Szczęsny. That snapped Lievin 's head back.
Szczęsny blocks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Szczęsny's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lievin slips under a jab from Szczęsny.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lievin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lievin loads up on a big right hand but Szczęsny slips the punch.
Szczęsny follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Szczęsny defending well as Lievin loads up on a big left hand.
Szczęsny throws a low kick but Lievin moves out of range easily.
Lievin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lievin , right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievin throws a big shot that misses.
Szczęsny follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lievin moves out of range of the leg kick from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Szczęsny slips a jab from Lievin .
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Szczęsny - that will leave a mark!
That kick from Lievin tenderised Szczęsny's leg. Szczęsny is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lievin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny throws a hook but Lievin blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Lievin .
A slapping leg kick lands for Szczęsny.
Szczęsny scores with a punch to the head.
Lievin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Szczęsny throws a leg kick
and Lievin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Szczęsny misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lievin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lievin sizes up Szczęsny with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Szczęsny moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Szczęsny throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lievin misses with a kick to the body.
Szczęsny appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Szczęsny.
The fighters circling - Lievin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Lievin .
Lievin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lievin avoids the body shot from Szczęsny.
Lievin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Lievin finds it's way through Szczęsny's defenses.
Szczęsny ducks under a wild hook from Lievin .
Szczęsny fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lievin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Szczęsny.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krzysztof Szczęsny dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lievin throws a lazy right hand but Szczęsny sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Szczęsny walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Szczęsny moves into range and connects with a jab.
Szczęsny lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Szczęsny lands a nice hook to Lievin 's body. Lievin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Szczęsny lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Szczęsny tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Szczęsny throws a low kick, looking for Lievin 's leg but Lievin calmly moves out of range.
Szczęsny blocks a low kick nicely.
Szczęsny looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Szczęsny misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Szczęsny throws a push kick but Lievin slaps the foot to one side.
A lazy left from Szczęsny finds it's target.
Szczęsny scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczęsny blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Szczęsny checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A countering left hand to the body from Szczęsny misses.
Szczęsny connects with a jab.
Szczęsny moves away from the strike by Lievin .
Szczęsny doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Szczęsny lands a front kick to the face, that drops Lievin to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
Lievin is rocked!
A good leg kick by Lievin .
Szczęsny scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lievin doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lievin throws a front kick aimed at Szczęsny's knee but Szczęsny avoids it well.
Szczęsny scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lievin doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Szczęsny with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Szczęsny connects with an inside leg kick.
Szczęsny fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Szczęsny closes the distance and catches Lievin with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Lievin is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Lievin is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Lievin is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Szczęsny takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Krzysztof Szczęsny!
A very excited looking Krzysztof Szczęsny made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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