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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Crass Baracuta (ranked 5911 p4p, 2055 weight class) and Ryan Keenan (ranked 554 p4p, 256 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 cm 26 150 6 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm 28 153 10 - 2 - 1 |
Lethal high kicks Insanely flexible
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Excellent MT Granite chin
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crass Baracuta! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Keenan! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Keenan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Keenan with a jab. Keenan pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Baracuta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keenan. Baracuta avoids the head kick by Keenan.
Keenan avoids a kick to the body.
Baracuta blocks the body kick.
Keenan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Baracuta on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Baracuta scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Baracuta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Keenan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Keenan throws a quick inside leg kick. Baracuta connects with a solid leg kick. Baracuta throws a half hearted mid kick. Baracuta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Baracuta checks a low kick from Keenan. Keenan throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Keenan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baracuta tries to land a front kick but Keenan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Keenan fakes the leg kick and cracks Baracuta in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Keenan moves into range and connects with a jab. Baracuta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Keenan misses with a straight right. Baracuta connects with an inside leg kick. Nice shot lands for Keenan. Baracuta misses with a low kick. Keenan misses with a lunging right hand
and Baracuta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Baracuta looks to land a body kick but Keenan moved away. Keenan lands a glancing blow to the side of Baracuta's head. A nice inside leg kick there by Baracuta. That's going to slow Keenan down. Keenan defending well as Baracuta loads up on a big left hand. Keenan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baracuta. Keenan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baracuta sees it coming and avoids it easily. Keenan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Baracuta moves out of range of the body kick from Keenan.
Baracuta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Keenan lands with a slapping head kick. Baracuta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keenan.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Baracuta misses with a body shot.
Keenan lunges at Baracuta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Baracuta's hand. Keenan dips to his left and cracks Baracuta with an uppercut! Baracuta dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Baracuta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Keenan wants to clinch. Keenan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baracuta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big right from Baracuta misses. Keenan wants to counter with a clinch but Baracuta pushes him away. Keenan just misses with a punch to the body.
Baracuta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ryan Keenan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A punch combination from Baracuta misses. Keenan tries to counter by closing the distance. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Keenan checks a leg kick. Keenan missing with a left hand there. Baracuta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Baracuta throws a low kick but it's checked well by Keenan. Keenan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baracuta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Keenan dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! A solid body kick from Baracuta. Keenan cracks Baracuta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Keenan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baracuta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keenan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Nice uppercut lands for Baracuta. That snapped Keenan's head back.
Baracuta throws a jab when Keenan was well out of range. Keenan throws a shot to the body.
Keenan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baracuta. Keenan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. A kick lands to the mid section there for Baracuta. 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! Baracuta shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Nice body punch from Keenan. Keenan jabs Baracuta right on the nose. Baracuta blinks but takes it well. Baracuta misses with a wild body shot. Keenan looks to throw the jab but Baracuta is out of range. Keenan keeps Baracuta at a distance using the push kick. Keenan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Some wild striking there from Keenan.
Keenan misses with a hook
and Baracuta counters with a lovely straight right hand! Baracuta throws a shot from downtown. Keenan moves away and avoids it. Keenan cracks Baracuta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Keenan.
Baracuta is rocked! Keenan darts in and clinches Baracuta up against the ropes. Oh Baracuta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Keenan has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Baracuta struggles to land a body shot inside as Keenan controls his hands.
Keenan lands with a right to the head. Keenan works on Baracuta's body with a couple of short punches. Keenan cracks Baracuta with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Baracuta goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Baracuta wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ryan Keenan! Ryan Keenan retains his lightweight title! Ryan Keenan tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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