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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sanderson Reliford (ranked 4482 p4p, 5795 weight class) and Choi Dajung (ranked 506 p4p, 557 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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208 cm 25 275 3 - 1 - 1 |
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200 cm 18 283 2 - 3 - 0 |
Great elbows Good chin
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Basic striking Heavy handed
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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 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Sanderson Reliford! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Choi Dajung! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice uppercut lands for Reliford. That snapped Dajung's head back.
Reliford moves into range and clinches up with Dajung. Reliford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dajung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Reliford looking to throw knees to the head but Dajung is blocking nicely.
Dajung wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dajung as Reliford tries to tie him up. Dajung takes an elbow to the temple. Dajung wants to get back to striking at distance but Reliford won't allow it.
Reliford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dajung's elbow. Reliford using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dajung lands with a short shot to the head. Dajung blocking some punches.
Dajung avoids a wild elbow strike from Reliford. Dajung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reliford swings wildly with an uppercut but Dajung uses good head movement to avoid it. Reliford definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Reliford is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dajung is keeping busy. Reliford landing knees to the head.
It looks like Choi Dajung has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Reliford fails to land. Dajung takes an elbow to the forehead. Dajung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Dajung wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dajung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Dajung can't find room to land a body shot as Reliford controls the action.
Dajung lands a nice uppercut. Dajung throws a head punch that misses. Reliford scores with a knee to the head.
Reliford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dajung's defenses.
Dajung is rocked! A shot in the inside from Reliford. Dajung is still on wobbly legs! Can Reliford finish him? Reliford keeps control of Dajung as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Dajung seems to have recovered his senses. A knee to the head by Reliford.
Dajung tries to throw a body punch but Reliford avoids it by throwing Dajung back against the ropes. Reliford lands an elbow just above Dajung 's eye. Dajung's coach down at Tez’s Stand N Bang ! was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Dajung's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Reliford is controlling him. Reliford misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reliford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dajung backwards. Reliford misses with an elbow strike.
Reliford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dajung's efforts to push away. Dajung misses with a punch on the inside.
Reliford trying to land knees to the body.
Reliford pushes off an throws an elbow but Dajung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes. Reliford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dajung wants to break free but Reliford has control.
Reliford tries a knee to the head but Dajung blocks it.
Dajung takes an elbow to the temple. A short right hand to the side of the head by Dajung. Dajung swings wildly with an uppercut but Reliford uses good head movement to avoid it. Reliford lands with a short head shot on the inside. Come on Reliford - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dajung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sanderson Reliford dominated that round. The cut man is working on Choi Dajung's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Dajung takes one to the chin there. Reliford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Dajung is trying to force a seperation but Reliford has the dominant position. Dajung tries to break free but Reliford pushes him back against the ropes. Dajung has had enough of the clinch but Reliford keeps him there for the moment. Dajung avoiding damage as Reliford throws knees to the body.
Reliford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dajung's defenses. Reliford misses with a short punch on the inside. Dajung tries a body shot but Reliford blocks it.
Reliford tries a body shot but Dajung blocks it.
Reliford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dajung wants to break free but Reliford has control.
Reliford lands an uppercut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Reliford presses Dajung against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Nice body punch from Reliford - that landed with a thud.
Reliford lands a hook to the side of the head. Dajung is breathing heavily. Reliford wants to stall.
Reliford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dajungs head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reliford lands a shot to the body. Reliford lands on the inside with an uppercut. Reliford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dajung can do to turn this around? Reliford cracks Dajung with a nice body shot. Reliford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Reliford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dajung backwards. Reliford lands with a short head shot on the inside. A short right from Reliford. Reliford scores with a shoulder strike. Reliford just leaning against Dajung, taking a breather. Reliford cracks Dajung on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Dajung crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Sanderson Reliford! A relieved looking Sanderson Reliford thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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