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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stavros Halkias (ranked 4845 p4p, 5734 weight class) and Alfredo Morelos (ranked 581 p4p, 629 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm 18 220 1 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm 24 217 1 - 1 - 0 |
Excellent boxer Very strong
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Good kicks Granite chin
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stavros Halkias! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Morelos! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Halkias fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Morelos. Those never looked like landing. Morelos throws a head kick but Halkias moves out of range.
Morelos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Halkias counter with a right hand. Morelos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Morelos misses with a combination
and Halkias counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Morelos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Morelos takes a body punch but keeps moving. Morelos throws a head kick that misses and Halkias connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Morelos throws a body kick that misses and Halkias counters with a nice uppercut. Morelos ducks right into an uppercut from Halkias. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Morelos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Halkias moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Morelos takes a shot right to the bread basket. Halkias scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Morelos looks to throw a body kick and Halkias counters with a nice body kick.
Morelos looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round. Halkias scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. A lazy left from Halkias finds it's target. Morelos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Halkias scores with a spinning back kick! Halkias with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morelos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Halkias bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Morelos takes one on the button. Morelos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Morelos walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Morelos is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stavros Halkias! A very excited looking Stavros Halkias rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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