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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Masada The Zealot (ranked 4637 p4p, 19357 weight class) and Don Cartagena (ranked 464 p4p, 644 weight class). Cartagena has chosen The Crack Attack as his entrance music. Masada The Zealot has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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31 - 20 - 0 |
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14 - 5 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cartagena!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Zealot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Masada The Zealot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Zealot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cartagena.
Cartagena dodges the punch combination from The Zealot.
The Zealot throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cartagena on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cartagena misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cartagena throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cartagena stuns The Zealot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cartagena swings for the body but The Zealot moves out of range.
Cartagena just misses with a punch to the body.
The Zealot fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cartagena looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartagena scores with a hook to the body. The Zealot takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cartagena swings widly with a right hand
and The Zealot counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Zealot really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The Zealot throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cartagena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cartagena misses with a few strikes there.
The Zealot misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartagena swinging wildly here.
Cartagena throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Zealot.
The Zealot thumps Cartagena with a low kick.
The Zealot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The Zealot swings for the body but Cartagena moves out of range.
The Zealot throws a head kick that misses.
Cartagena is looking for the big counter here.
The Zealot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cartagena misses with a few strikes there.
The Zealot throws a nice looking combination but Cartagena bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cartagena lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cartagena throws a hook but The Zealot avoids it easily.
Cartagena thuds his right hand into The Zealot's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cartagena fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Zealot scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartagena misses the shot to the body.
Cartagena throws a nice looking combination but The Zealot bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Zealot avoids the body shot from Cartagena.
The Zealot keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cartagena dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Zealot with a hook.
Cartagena throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice body kick there by The Zealot.
Cartagena looks to score with a jab to the body but The Zealot is just out of range.
The Zealot connects with a body shot.
The Zealot misses with a double jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Cartagena, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cartagena misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Zealot connects with the punch.
Some wild striking there from The Zealot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Don Cartagena will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The Zealot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Zealot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cartagena moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cartagena! But no joy.
Cartagena connects with a nice looking jab.
A nice combination there by Cartagena.
The Zealot throws an off balance right hand
and as The Zealot looks to reset his feet, Cartagena counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending The Zealot crashing to the canvas! The Zealot is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but The Zealot is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Cartagena is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Don Cartagena!
Don Cartagena is the new lightweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Don Cartagena started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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