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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce Chang (ranked 2509 p4p, 582 weight class) and Kenny Smith (ranked 319 p4p, 82 weight class). Chang kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kung Fu Fighting ft. Fatboy Slim. Smith is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: IS THIS LOVE. Kenny Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Chang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Chang misses with an uppercut.
Chang lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Chang lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Kenny Smith has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chang. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith feints a counter leg kick.
Chang misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Chang backing away here, and Smith unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Chang throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chang.
Chang is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice body punch from Chang.
Chang lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chang smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
Chang misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smith avoids the body shot from Chang.
Good exchange - Chang coming out on top.
Nice body kick there by Chang.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Chang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chang misses with a right hand
and Chang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Chang.
Chang throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Smith steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chang chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Chang throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chang scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
That has opened up Kenny Smith's cut even more.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Chang is just out of range.
It appears Chang was looking to counter with a kick there.
A solid body kick from Chang.
Chang is looking to chop away at Smith's legs.
Chang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith flicks out a counter leg kick but Chang steps away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Chang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chang lands a jab to the nose.
A jab lands there for Chang.
Chang throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chang's knee momentarily.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chang.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bruce Chang is winning the standup battle so far.
Chang throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Smith counters with a big uppercut that drops Chang face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kenny Smith!
Kenny Smith is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Kenny Smith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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