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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Floyd Allan (ranked 4652 p4p, 5543 weight class) and Julio Marquez (ranked 348 p4p, 389 weight class). Julio Marquez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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178 cm 17 144 0 - 0 - 0 |
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168 cm 18 135 0 - 1 - 0 |
Solid boxing Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Floyd Allan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julio Marquez! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Marquez misses with a right hand and Allan counters with a left and a right that stings Marquez. Marquez misses with a looping left. Marquez misses with a hook. Allan ducked under it nicely. Julio Marquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Marquez misses with a lunging right hand
and Allan counters with a nice uppercut. Marquez tries to keep at a distance but Allan has taken the fight into the clinch. Allan leaning his opponent against the ropes. Allan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Allan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Allan darts in trying to clinch enabling Marquez to counter with a crisp jab. Marquez misses with a left hand and Allan counters with a series of strikes. Marquez will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marquez throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Allan is looking to clinch. Allan moves in looking to clinch but Marquez pushes him off. Allan clinches up with Marquez and pushes him back against the ropes. Allan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marquez throws a shot from downtown. Allan moves away and avoids it. The fight stays on the outside here - Allan looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Marquez lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Marquez wants to slow Allan down by chopping away at his legs. Marquez motions for Allan to come forward. Marquez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Marquez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent. Allan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marquez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Allan moves away. Allan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes. Marquez blocks the elbow strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Marquez has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Marquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Allan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Allan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marquez. Marquez throws a head kick that misses and Allan counters with a big head kick but Marquez shrugs it off. Allan moves to clinch but Marquez breaks away and Allan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Allan lands a head kick that sends Marquez down! Marquez is flopping around the mat trying to get back up, leaving the referee no choice but to wave off the fight! Allan is victorious!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Floyd Allan! In his post fight interview, Floyd Allan gave a big smile as he said 'I am only 16 years of age and I destroyed this man today. This is my calling 🏆💰'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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