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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Robert Nesta (ranked 4748 p4p, 4762 weight class) and Elijah Marley (ranked 99 p4p, 140 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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194 cm 18 242 1 - 0 - 0 |
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212 cm 18 265 1 - 0 - 0 |
Dangerous knees Big right hand
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Excellent boxer Determined
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Nesta! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Elijah Marley! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive. Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nesta was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley. Nesta is looking to counter with a shot to the body. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nesta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marley moves away. A nice side step and Marley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Marley takes a swing at Nesta's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nesta misses with a wild body shot. Marley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Marley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nesta.
Marley now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Nesta misses the body punch and Marley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Nesta swings for the body but Marley moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Marley swings and misses with a shot to the body and Nesta counters with a right hand to the body. Nesta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Marley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Nesta just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Marley misses.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Elijah Marley. Well Marley has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 9:10 Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 9:10 Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elijah Marley!
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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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RATING
14% |
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