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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Wesley Taurus (ranked 727 p4p, 3850 weight class) and Riccardo Fernandes (ranked 101 p4p, 482 weight class). Taurus comes to the ring accompanied by Country Boy - Aaron Lewis. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Great elbows
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wesley Taurus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Riccardo Fernandes!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taurus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Taurus blocks a jab.
Taurus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fernandes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Taurus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fernandes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taurus is looking to counter punch.
Taurus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fernandes counters with a one-two to the body.
Fernandes throws a head kick that misses.
Fernandes with the inside leg kick.
Taurus misses with an uppercut.
Fernandes slips under a jab from Taurus.
Taurus misses with a head kick.
Taurus looks to throw the jab but Fernandes is out of range.
Fernandes clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernandes lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Wesley Taurus has been cut.
Fernandes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fernandes 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.
Taurus tries to land knees in the clinch but Fernandes avoids the damage to the body.
Taurus scores with a shoulder strike.
Fernandes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fernandes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taurus manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandes tries to clinch there but Taurus circles away.
Jab from Fernandes.
Fernandes stuns Taurus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Taurus is looking to land body kicks.
Fernandes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fernandes closes the distance and pushes Taurus back into the ropes.
Fernandes throws an elbow that misses.
Taurus avoids the elbow strike from Fernandes, against the ropes.
Taurus takes an elbow to the temple.
Fernandes avoiding damage as Taurus throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Fernandes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taurus's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fernandes.
Taurus manages to break the clinch.
Taurus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taurus loads up on a big right hand but Fernandes slips the punch.
Fernandes misses with a low kick.
Fernandes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taurus lands a two punch combo.
A left lands for Fernandes.
Wesley Taurus's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taurus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fernandes.
Wesley Taurus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fernandes misses with a straight right.
Fernandes tries to clinch there but Taurus circles away.
Fernandes doesn't manage to clinch there - Taurus circles away.
Taurus throws a looping overhand right but Fernandes ducks down to avoid it.
Fernandes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Taurus throws a head kick but Fernandes moves out of range.
Taurus looks for the body kick but Fernandes saw that one coming.
Taurus scores with a decent looking hook.
Taurus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fernandes.
Taurus throws the left hand but Fernandes avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fernandes misses with a shot to the body
and Taurus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fernandes misses with a low kick as Taurus jumps back.
Taurus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fernandes throws a leg kick
and Taurus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wesley Taurus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Wesley Taurus's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Taurus lands a head kick that sends Fernandes down! Fernandes is flopping around the mat trying to get back up, leaving the referee no choice but to wave off the fight! Taurus is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Wesley Taurus!
During a confident post fight interview, Wesley Taurus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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