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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mr Ripley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilkka Kanerva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripley comes to the ring accompanied by The Talented Mr. Ripley - Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano . Kanerva has chosen Sultans of Swing as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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324 lbs
19 - 31 - 0 |
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280 lbs
30 - 16 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
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
19 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mr Ripley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilkka Kanerva!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripley instigates a clinch.
Kanerva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ripley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripley breaks the clinch.
Ripley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ripley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kanerva throws a looping overhand right but Ripley ducks down to avoid it.
Ripley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ripley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ripley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ripley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ripley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kanerva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kanerva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kanerva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kanerva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ripley throws a series of punches but Kanerva avoids them all with ease.
Kanerva avoids the head kick by Ripley.
Ripley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kanerva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanerva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kanerva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kanerva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ripley on the side of the head.
Kanerva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kanerva counters with a straight right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kanerva scores with a body shot.
Ripley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kanerva.
Ripley is breathing heavily.
Kanerva thows a body kick. Ripley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kanerva scores with a jab. Ripley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kanerva!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanerva scores with a jab to the body.
Kanerva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kanerva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ripley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kanerva.
Kanerva lands with a cross.
Kanerva scores with a jab to the head.
Kanerva scores with a punch to the head.
Kanerva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kanerva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kanerva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kanerva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Decent striking displayed by Kanerva there.
Kanerva is looking to slow Ripley down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ripley takes one to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kanerva.
Kanerva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ripley misses with a hook.
Kanerva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ripley is looking to clinch but Kanerva is avoiding it.
Kanerva moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice shot lands for Kanerva.
Ripley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kanerva.
Ripley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kanerva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Good leg kick by Kanerva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kanerva punishes Ripley's body with a nice straight punch.
Ripley moves forwards but Kanerva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ripley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kanerva.
Kanerva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ripley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kanerva.
Ripley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ripley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ripley needs to keep his hands up - Kanerva had a free shot at his head there.
Kanerva pushes Ripley away with a front kick.
Kanerva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kanerva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kanerva connects with an inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kanerva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kanerva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ripley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kanerva can pounce on him.
Kanerva connects with a single shot there.
That kick from Kanerva tenderised Ripley's leg. Ripley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kanerva lands with a nice body kick.
Ripley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kanerva connects with a single shot there.
Kanerva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ripley.
Kanerva jabs at Ripley's body.
Ripley drops his hands momentarily and Kanerva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kanerva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ripley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanerva scores with a nice strike.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kanerva.
Ripley will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kanerva connects with a nice looking jab.
Kanerva connects with the punch.
Kanerva lands with a cross.
Ripley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kanerva connects with a right hand. Ripley shakes it off.
Ripley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kanerva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ripley is rocked!
Kanerva connects with a quick right hand that sends Ripley tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ilkka Kanerva!
Ilkka Kanerva very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Malik Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Craig David - Rise and Fall. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 lbs
16 - 15 - 0 |
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318 lbs
24 - 31 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Decent boxing
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
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malik Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig David!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alexander scores with a jab.
It looks like Craig David has been cut.
Alexander with a body punch. A glancing blow.
David gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alexander scores with a body shot.
Alexander smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Alexander scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danga de danga de dang - Alexander scores with a four punch combination!
Alexander 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.
Alexander connects with a single shot there.
Alexander wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alexander keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
David on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That has opened up Craig David's cut even more.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander scores with a jab.
David takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alexander stuns David with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alexander fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with David, pushing him back against the ropes.
Alexander lands on the inside with an uppercut.
David wants to break free but Alexander has control.
Nice body punch from Alexander.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alexander.
Alexander throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Davids head.
Alexander lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alexander cracks David with a nice body shot.
David wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alexander scores with a hook to the body.
Alexander digs a right hand underneath David's ribcage. David let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Alexander throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
David looks winded!
Alexander stalling against the ropes.
Alexander is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexander lands a left hand.
The cut above Craig David's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A right hook to the body lands for Alexander.
Alexander lands a body punch in the clinch.
Alexander lands a shoulder strike.
Alexander lands a hook that snaps the head of David backwards.
Alexander works on David's body with a couple of short punches.
Alexander displaying some good clinch control by pressing David up against the ropes.
Alexander lands with a left to the head.
Craig David's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A nice left hand lands by Alexander.
Alexander pushes David back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Alexander.
Alexander manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alexander presses David against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Alexander is leaning against David and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Alexander scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Alexander - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
David takes a shot to the head.
Alexander is working David over against the ropes.
Alexander works on David's body with a couple of short punches.
Alexander lands a right hand that snaps the head of David backwards.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Craig David's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Malik Alexander!
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FIGHT
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