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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Piston Honda (ranked 2602 p4p, 339 weight class) and Massimo Caraglio (ranked 5574 p4p, 539 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
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Excellent MT
Cardio machine
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Piston Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Massimo Caraglio!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A left and a right from Honda both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Massimo Caraglio has been cut.
Honda moves out of range of the body kick.
Caraglio takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Honda scores with a three punch combo!
Honda lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caraglio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Honda throws a nice head kick!
Caraglio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Caraglio is rocked!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Honda! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Piston Honda!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Karol Tarczynski (ranked 3799 p4p, 448 weight class) and Hermann Van Glost (ranked 23380 p4p, 626 weight class). Van Glost is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rambo Theme Song. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
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217 lbs
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World class boxer
Very strong
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Granite chin
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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
49 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karol Tarczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hermann Van Glost!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarczynski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Glost looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tarczynski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tarczynski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tarczynski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Glost on the side of the head.
Tarczynski feints and then cracks Van Glost's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Glost down.
Van Glost lands with a cross.
It looks like Karol Tarczynski has been cut.
Tarczynski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tarczynski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Glost connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Tarczynski onto his butt! Tarczynski bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Glost avoids the head kick by Tarczynski.
A lazy body kick from Van Glost
letting Tarczynski counter with a right hand.
Van Glost misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tarczynski throwing a counter right hand but Van Glost manages to avoid it.
Van Glost takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Glost swings widly with a right hand
and Tarczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Glost stuns Tarczynski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Tarczynski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Glost swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Glost tries to land a body kick
and Tarczynski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tarczynski!
Van Glost throws a hook but Tarczynski avoids it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tarczynski.
Van Glost throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tarczynski counters with a leg kick.
Tarczynski takes a kick to the side of the head.
A big right from Van Glost misses.
Tarczynski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Van Glost looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tarczynski looks for the body kick but Van Glost saw that one coming.
Tarczynski sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tarczynski misses with a kick to the body.
Tarczynski moves out of range as Van Glost throws a body kick.
Tarczynski tries to counter by clinching up but Van Glost breaks away and moves out of range.
Van Glost misses with a double jab
and Tarczynski counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tarczynski cracks Van Glost with a nice body shot.
Tarczynski has Van Glost pushed against the ropes.
Tarczynski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tarczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Tarczynski has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Van Glost misses with the head strike.
Van Glost takes a shot to the head.
Tarczynski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Glost backwards.
Tarczynski stalls.
Tarczynski looking to throw knees to the head but Van Glost is blocking nicely.
Van Glost blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tarczynski connects with a knee to the head.
Tarczynski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Glost backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Tarczynski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Van Glost is trying to break the clinch but Tarczynski is controlling him.
Tarczynski lands a right hand.
Tarczynski stalls.
A short uppercut from Tarczynski.
Van Glost being controlled against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski lands a left hand.
Tarczynski landing knees to the body.
Van Glost looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tarczynski with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Glost is trying to push Tarczynski away but Tarczynski has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tarczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tarczynski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Glost throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tarczynski lands a nice shot that snaps Van Glost's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Glost throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tarczynski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tarczynski blocks the body kick.
Van Glost throws a front kick aimed at Tarczynski's knee but Tarczynski avoids it well.
Hermann Van Glost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Glost moves out of range of the body kick from Tarczynski.
Van Glost takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tarczynski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Glost rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tarczynski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short body shot lands from Tarczynski as the two fighters clinch.
Van Glost looks winded!
Tarczynski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Glost.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Hermann Van Glost should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Karol Tarczynski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tarczynski with a nice cross.
It looks like Hermann Van Glost has been cut.
Tarczynski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Glost can do to turn this around?
Tarczynski takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Van Glost gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Glost throws a head kick but Tarczynski moves out of range.
Tarczynski scoring well with a low kick there.
Tarczynski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Van Glost avoids the head kick by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Van Glost will feel that in the morning.
Van Glost throws a hook but Tarczynski avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Karol Tarczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Glost ducks under a wild hook from Tarczynski.
And Van Glost responds with a good body kick, but Tarczynski manages to step out the way in time.
Tarczynski checks the leg kick.
Van Glost looks for the body kick but Tarczynski saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tarczynski.
Van Glost throws an overhand right that lands on Tarczynski's shoulder, as Tarczynski tries to avoid the shot.
Tarczynski is looking to counter the offense by Van Glost and move into the clinch.
Tarczynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Glost.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tarczynski!
Van Glost needs to keep his hands up - Tarczynski had a free shot at his head there.
Tarczynski scores with the left hand. Van Glost knows he should have avoided that one.
Tarczynski connects with a nice looking jab.
Van Glost scores with a hook.
Van Glost throws a poor cross that misses
letting Tarczynski counter with a right hand.
Van Glost is rocked!
Tarczynski knocks out Van Glost with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Tarczynski before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Tarczynski picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Karol Tarczynski!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Berto Kin (ranked 20973 p4p, 628 weight class) and Michael Grundmann (ranked 6985 p4p, 596 weight class). Michael Grundmann has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Berto Kin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Grundmann!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grundmann clinches up against the ropes.
Grundmann's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A cross from Kin lands.
It looks like Michael Grundmann has been cut.
Kin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grundmann fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kin, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Grundmann trying to control the position but instead, Kin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grundmann into the ropes.
Grundmann looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Grundmann breaks from the clinch.
Kin misses with a double jab.
Kin cracks Grundmann with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Grundmann is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Grundmann is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Grundmann is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grundmann tries to get into range but Kin steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Grundmann! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Kin scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Berto Kin!
Berto Kin retains his light heavyweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Berto Kin made sure he mentioned King of Clothes, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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