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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Djamel Hammouche (ranked 5186 p4p, 173 weight class) and James Raban (ranked 9203 p4p, 229 weight class). James Raban has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Djamel Hammouche's chin.
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269 lbs
26 - 24 - 0 |
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270 lbs
24 - 25 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Excellent MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Djamel Hammouche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Raban!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammouche connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Raban's hands.
Raban looks low and kicks high, catching Hammouche 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!
It looks like Djamel Hammouche has been cut.
Raban bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hammouche blocks a head kick by Raban.
Raban takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hammouche has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammouche lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like James Raban has been cut.
Raban slips a straight right by Hammouche.
Raban looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Raban punishes Hammouche's body with a nice straight punch.
Hammouche walks into a left hand.
Hammouche misses with a double jab.
Hammouche connects with a crisp jab.
Raban throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hammouche lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Raban fails with an attempt to clinch.
Raban moves away from the strike by Hammouche.
Raban moves out of range as Hammouche strikes.
Hammouche drops his guard momentarily, allowing Raban to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Hammouche! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Raban takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James Raban!
James Raban took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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