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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Maximus Ukkeli (ranked 14892 p4p, 785 weight class) and Slade Traylor (ranked 869 p4p, 100 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Slade Traylor enters the ring!
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288 lbs
31 - 12 - 1 |
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265 lbs
27 - 7 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Maximus Ukkeli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slade Traylor!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Traylor - just one landing.
Traylor misses with a straight left.
Traylor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ukkeli is looking to slow Traylor down with leg kicks.
Traylor misses with an uppercut.
Traylor moves in looking to clinch but Ukkeli pushes him off.
Traylor moves out of range of the strikes.
Jab from Traylor.
Traylor misses with a kick to the body.
Traylor throws out a loose jab but Ukkeli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot by Ukkeli.
Ukkeli has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jed's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Traylor throws a leg kick which misses Ukkeli's front leg but catches the back leg as Ukkeli tries to avoid it.
Slade Traylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ukkeli cracks Traylor with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Slade Traylor has been cut.
Ukkeli scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Traylor doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Traylor tests Ukkeli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Traylor misses the shot to the body.
Ukkeli takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ukkeli swings away with a body shot that misses
and Traylor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Traylor throws a body shot but no joy.
Ukkeli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Traylor throws a half hearted mid kick.
As Traylor tries to get set, Ukkeli tries to push him back and clinch up but Traylor manages to avoid the attempt.
Traylor takes a swing at Ukkeli's ribcage but misses.
Traylor tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Ukkeli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Traylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ukkeli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Traylor manages to avoid it.
Ukkeli takes a swing at Traylor's ribcage but misses.
Traylor throws a hook but Ukkeli blocks it.
Ukkeli scores with a jab. Traylor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ukkeli slips under a jab.
Traylor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ukkeli.
A little jabbing left from Traylor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ukkeli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Traylor.
Traylor has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ukkeli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Traylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ukkeli has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Traylor to the canvas! Can Traylor beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's going to allow it to continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ukkeli lands the left hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Traylor. Ukkeli shrugs it off though.
Traylor throws a hook but Ukkeli blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Traylor digs a good body shot into Ukkeli's ribs.
Ukkeli swings for the body but Traylor moves out of range.
Traylor misses with a left hand
and Ukkeli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That has opened up Slade Traylor's cut even more.
Traylor loads up on a big right hand but Ukkeli slips the punch.
Ukkeli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Traylor.
Traylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Ukkeli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Traylor moves out of range of the leg kick from Ukkeli.
Traylor throws out a counter right but Ukkeli avoids it with no problem.
Traylor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Traylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Traylor misses with an uppercut.
Ukkeli throws a big shot that misses.
Ukkeli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Traylor manages to avoid it.
Traylor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Traylor loads up on a big right hand but Ukkeli slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Traylor lands with a nice body punch.
Ukkeli throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Traylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ukkeli throws a switch kick that catches Traylor on the top of the head and drops him to the canvas! Traylor looks hurt - I'm not sure he's going to get back up! The referee starts the count but calls it off at seven as Traylor flops around on the canvas, clearly in no position to continue! This fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Maximus Ukkeli!
A relieved looking Maximus Ukkeli thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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