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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Morgan Wade (ranked 4816 p4p, 496 weight class) and Shamil Zavurov (ranked 22959 p4p, 711 weight class). Wade comes into the arena with The Bleeding blaring out of the sound system. Zavurov has chosen Deftones - Xenon as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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163 lbs
15 - 13 - 1 |
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175 cm
28
163 lbs
3 - 6 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Dangerous knees
Powerful
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Morgan Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shamil Zavurov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wade has managed to clinch.
Wade misses with a body punch.
Zavurov misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.
Zavurov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wade is defending well for now.
Zavurov stalling in the clinch but Wade improves position.
Wade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wade lands a hook that snaps the head of Zavurov backwards.
Zavurov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wade blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zavurov.
I was talking to Wade's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wade displaying some good clinch control by pressing Zavurov up against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Wade - that landed with a thud.
Wade dodges an elbow strike from Zavurov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade lands with a short shot to the head.
Wade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zavurov backwards.
Zavurov told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Zavurov tries a knee to the head but Wade blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Wade.
Wade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zavurov backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zavurov tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Wade.
Wade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zavurov is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wade.
A head punch on the inside from Zavurov fails to land.
Wade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zavurov is still on wobbly legs! Can Wade finish him?
Zavurov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wade lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wade has Zavurov pressed up against the ropes. He pushes off and cracks Zavurov right on the button with a huge left hook! Zavurov goes down! The referee has started the count but Zavurov is out! He's out cold! Wade runs over to his corner to celebrate and looks close to tears after getting the big win. Congratulations to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Morgan Wade!
An out of breath Morgan Wade thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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