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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 818 p4p, 133 weight class) and Liam McGuiness (ranked 2386 p4p, 357 weight class). Creed's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, James Brown - Living in America. McGuiness has chosen The Boys are Back by Dropkick Murphys as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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215 lbs
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209 lbs
30 - 25 - 2 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 25 - 2, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed closes the distance and pushes McGuiness back into the ropes.
Creed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McGuiness cracks Creed with a nice body shot.
McGuiness looking to slow down the pace here.
Creed lands with a left to the head.
McGuiness tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Creed stalling in the clinch but McGuiness improves position.
McGuiness misses with a punch to the body.
McGuiness can't break the clinch.
McGuiness blocks a body shot from Creed.
Creed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that McGuiness has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
McGuiness breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Creed jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuiness takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McGuiness throws a poor cross that misses
and Creed counters with a nice leg kick.
McGuiness misses the jab.
Creed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGuiness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuiness clobbers Creed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Creed scores with a hook.
Creed is looking to slow McGuiness down with leg kicks.
Creed takes a swing at McGuiness's ribcage but misses.
Creed lands a nice leg kick that just misses McGuiness's sensitive parts.
McGuiness blocks a leg kick.
Creed throws out a powerful jab.
Creed throws a low kick but McGuiness avoids it.
A little jabbing left from McGuiness on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McGuiness lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Creed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuiness.
McGuiness looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Creed.
A looping hook to the body misses from Creed. McGuiness does a little dance to reset his feet.
Creed definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Creed misses with a body shot
and McGuiness connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Creed fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Creed throws a low kick but it's checked well by McGuiness.
Creed misses with a shot to the body
and McGuiness cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for McGuiness. That snapped Creed's head back.
Nice shot by Creed.
Jab, jab by Creed - just one landing.
Creed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuiness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Creed dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McGuiness moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
McGuiness steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Creed.
Creed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGuiness manages to avoid it.
Creed closes the distance and clinches.
McGuiness escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGuiness misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Creed tests McGuiness's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Liam McGuiness has been cut.
Creed scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Apollo Creed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Creed lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Creed connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends McGuiness to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Creed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Apollo Creed!
Apollo Creed took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Aspire Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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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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