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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ando Fumiaki (ranked 5464 p4p, 24061 weight class) and Dru Quick (ranked 492 p4p, 644 weight class). Quick has chosen Gangster’s Paradise- Coolio as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 cm 20 230 4 - 3 - 0 |
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203 cm 22 267 3 - 2 - 0 |
Excellent MT Insanely flexible
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Great elbows Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ando Fumiaki! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dru Quick! The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Quick loads up on a big right hand but Fumiaki slips the punch. Quick throws out a powerful jab. Fumiaki is looking to clinch but Quick is avoiding it.
Fumiaki moves in looking to clinch but Quick pushes him off. Fumiaki seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Fumiaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quick.
Fumiaki seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance. Fumiaki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Quick appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. Fumiaki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Fumiaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Quick lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Fumiaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Quick.
Quick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fumiaki misses with a body kick. Quick appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Fumiaki tries to score with a low kick but Quick moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fumiaki throws a head kick that misses. Fumiaki tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Quick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Fumiaki has Quick up against the ropes in a clinch.
Quick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quick looking to slow down the pace here. Fumiaki missing with knees to the body.
Fumiaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quick.
Fumiaki tries a knee to the head but Quick blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fumiaki.
Quick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fumiaki backwards. Fumiaki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes. Fumiaki tries a body shot but Quick blocks it.
Quick 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. Fumiaki misses with an elbow over the top. A nice right hand lands inside from Quick. Fumiaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Quick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fumiaki's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Quick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Fumiaki misses with the body kick and Quick counters with a perfect left hook, dropping Fumiaki to the canvas. He tries to get back up quickly but his equilibrium is all over the place! He's up... he's back down again! There's no need for a count as the referee calls off the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Dru Quick! Dru Quick took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Conviction for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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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
57% |
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