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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Duannis Frank (ranked 5224 p4p, 4083 weight class) and Greg Hardy (ranked 577 p4p, 509 weight class). Greg Hardy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Duannis Frank's chin.
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Duannis Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Greg Hardy!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Frank swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Frank rushes Hardy and presses him up against the ropes.
Frank lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hardy tries to work over Frank's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frank tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Frank blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Frank just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frank blocks it with crossed arms.
Frank scores with a shoulder strike.
Frank can't break the clinch.
Hardy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Frank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank lands a body punch.
Frank is trying to push Hardy away but Hardy has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hardy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Hardy avoids a wild elbow strike from Frank.
Frank wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Frank works on Hardy's body with a couple of short punches.
Frank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank misses the shot to the body.
Frank cracks Hardy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Hardy instigates a clinch.
Hardy pushes off an throws an elbow but Frank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Frank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left lands for Frank.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Frank swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy gets tackled into the ropes by Frank. Frank maintains the clinch.
Hardy's coach down at Muay Thai and BJJ | Clinchwork was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hardy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hardy misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Frank's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hardy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank blocks an elbow strike from Hardy.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Frank pushes Hardy back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Frank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hardy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Frank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardy taking a breather.
Frank pushes Hardy back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Frank breaks from the clinch.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Frank.
Frank throws a sloppy head kick
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.
Frank throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Frank fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hardy, pushing him back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Duannis Frank dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hardy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Frank manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frank lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Frank swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Frank is avoiding it.
Frank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frank is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Hardy has Frank up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy taking a breather.
Hardy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Greg Hardy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Frank blocks with his arms.
Frank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Frank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank circles away from the clinch attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Frank misses its target.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Frank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frank was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Frank throws a head kick that misses.
Frank pushes Hardy up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Frank stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Frank blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Frank manages to break the clinch.
Frank is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
Frank keeps the fight on the outside.
Frank dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Duannis Frank is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frank lands with a thumping leg kick.
Frank throws the kick towards the body but Hardy avoids it.
Hardy wants to clinch
and Frank makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Frank is looking to counter with a body kick.
Frank has managed to clinch.
Frank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Frank pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank lands a high kick!
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Frank circles away.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Frank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frank throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy throws out a counter right but Frank avoids it with no problem.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Frank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Frank.
It seemed like Hardy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Frank keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Frank was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hardy.
Nice uppercut lands for Frank. That snapped Hardy's head back.
Hardy is rocked!
Frank and Hardy are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Frank throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Hardy into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Frank knows it - he's on the ropes flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Duannis Frank!
Duannis Frank seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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