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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Henri De Lagardere (ranked 22696 p4p, 3609 weight class) and Bleeding Spanner (ranked 579 p4p, 385 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great elbows
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henri De Lagardere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bleeding Spanner!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spanner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere missing with a left hand there. Spanner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spanner clinches up with De Lagardere and pushes him back against the ropes.
Spanner lands a hook that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
De Lagardere blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Spanner.
Spanner lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Spanner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Lagardere has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spanner crunches a lovely knee into De Lagardere's ribcage.
De Lagardere is breathing heavily.
Spanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Lagardere.
Spanner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spanner digs a right hand underneath De Lagardere's ribcage. De Lagardere let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spanner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spanner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Lagardere blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spanner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Spanner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Lagardere blocks an elbow strike from Spanner.
Spanner tries a body shot but De Lagardere blocks it.
Spanner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spanner lands with a light punch inside.
Spanner scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Spanner.
Spanner lands a left hand.
Spanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spanner.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spanner tries to land knees in the clinch but De Lagardere avoids the damage to the body.
Spanner lands a good knee to the midsection. De Lagardere won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spanner tries a knee to the head but De Lagardere blocks it.
De Lagardere blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Lagardere blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Spanner.
Spanner trying to land knees to the body.
Spanner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spanner digs a right hand into De Lagardere's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Lagardere's gas tank.
De Lagardere definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Spanner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spanner lands an uppercut.
Spanner lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spanner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spanner presses De Lagardere against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Spanner digs a right hand underneath De Lagardere's ribcage. De Lagardere let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bleeding Spanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henri De Lagardere's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Spanner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Lagardere doesn't seem bothered though.
Spanner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Lagardere circles away quickly and effectively.
De Lagardere swings for the body but Spanner moves out of range.
De Lagardere uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spanner.
De Lagardere swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Lagardere takes a kick to the side of the head.
De Lagardere throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spanner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
Spanner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Lagardere takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Spanner lands with a nice combination. De Lagardere backs away looking to recover.
De Lagardere is rocked!
A big left from De Lagardere misses.
Oh De Lagardere is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Lagardere tries to keep at a distance but Spanner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lagardere blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spanner misses with a knee strike.
De Lagardere seems to have got his legs back now.
Spanner lands an elbow inside that De Lagardere shrugs off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Lagarderes head.
Spanner tries to land knees in the clinch but De Lagardere avoids the damage to the body.
Spanner lands with a left to the head.
De Lagardere wants to get back to striking at distance but Spanner won't allow it.
Spanner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spanner lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spanner.
Spanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spanner prevents De Lagardere from breaking the clinch.
Spanner breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks De Lagardere with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! De Lagardere looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. De Lagardere get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bleeding Spanner!
Bleeding Spanner was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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