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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Henri De Lagardere (ranked 22102 p4p, 3927 weight class) and Nicolas Djotodia (ranked 537 p4p, 424 weight class). Djotodia has chosen Mass Appeal by Gang Starr as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicolas Djotodia!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djotodia tries to clinch there but De Lagardere circles away.
De Lagardere throws a jab but it's blocked by Djotodia.
De Lagardere misses with a lunging right hand
and Djotodia counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Djotodia tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from De Lagardere on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Djotodia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
Djotodia looks for the body kick but De Lagardere saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from De Lagardere misses the target.
De Lagardere missing with a left hand there. Djotodia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Djotodia misses with a jab to the body
and De Lagardere counters with a straight right hand.
De Lagardere dips to his left and cracks Djotodia with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by De Lagardere.
Djotodia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Lagardere.
Djotodia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De Lagardere misses with a body shot.
De Lagardere cracks Djotodia with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Djotodia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Djotodia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Lagardere's elbow.
De Lagardere landing knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
De Lagardere misses with a knee strike.
De Lagardere is trying to break the clinch but Djotodia is controlling him.
Nice body punch from De Lagardere - that landed with a thud.
Djotodia looks winded!
De Lagardere wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Djotodia has him pressed against the ropes.
De Lagardere throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Lagardere scores with a knee to the head.
De Lagardere wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Djotodia has him pressed against the ropes.
De Lagardere tries to circle away but Djotodia has him pinned against the ropes.
De Lagardere working hard to break the clinch.
De Lagardere wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Djotodia has him pressed against the ropes.
Djotodia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Lagardere tries to break the clinch but Djotodia is controlling the position.
De Lagardere misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Djotodia.
Djotodia avoiding damage as De Lagardere throws knees to the body.
Djotodia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere blocks a body shot from Djotodia.
De Lagardere tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Djotodia avoids it.
De Lagardere tries to circle away but Djotodia has him pinned against the ropes.
Djotodia breaks the clinch.
De Lagardere throws a shot from downtown. Djotodia moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot lands for De Lagardere.
Djotodia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Lagardere wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Djotodia tries a body shot but De Lagardere blocks it.
I was talking to De Lagardere's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Djotodia blocks a body shot from De Lagardere.
Djotodia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Lagardere takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from De Lagardere.
Djotodia blocks an elbow strike from De Lagardere.
Djotodia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Djotodia lands a left hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Djotodia.
De Lagardere looking to throw knees to the head but Djotodia is blocking nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Henri De Lagardere will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henri De Lagardere's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De Lagardere takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Lagardere lands a really nice looking cross but Djotodia seems unphased.
Djotodia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
A countering left hand to the body from Djotodia misses.
De Lagardere avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Lagardere uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Djotodia.
Djotodia ducks under a wild hook from De Lagardere.
Henri De Lagardere is winning the standup battle so far.
Djotodia with the inside leg kick.
De Lagardere throws out a loose jab but Djotodia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Djotodia tries to land a body kick
and De Lagardere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Lagardere throws a looping overhand right but Djotodia ducks down to avoid it.
De Lagardere has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Djotodia finds it's way round the side to connect with De Lagardere's head.
De Lagardere moves out of range of the leg kick from Djotodia.
De Lagardere swings widly with a right hand
and Djotodia counters by moving into the clinch.
Nicolas Djotodia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Djotodia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Lagardere throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Djotodia lands a left hand.
Djotodia has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Djotodia is working De Lagardere over against the ropes.
Djotodia struggles to land a body shot inside as De Lagardere controls his hands.
Djotodia lands with a light punch inside.
Djotodia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Djotodia trying to land knees to the body.
Djotodia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Lagardere's efforts to push away.
De Lagardere lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Djotodia missing with knees to the body.
De Lagardere gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Nicolas Djotodia has been cut.
Djotodia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Djotodia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Lagardere is defending well for now.
Djotodia can't find room to land a body shot as De Lagardere controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Djotodia.
Djotodia blocking some punches.
De Lagardere wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Djotodia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Lagardere fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on De Lagardere's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Djotodia.
Djotodia can't find room to land a body shot as De Lagardere controls the action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Djotodia.
De Lagardere takes a shot to the head.
Djotodia gets through De Lagardere's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Djotodia scores with a shoulder strike.
Djotodia prevents De Lagardere from breaking the clinch.
De Lagardere wants to break free but Djotodia has control.
Djotodia breaks from the clinch.
De Lagardere looks to throw the jab but Djotodia is out of range.
Djotodia misses with an uppercut
and De Lagardere counters with a stiff right hand.
Djotodia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Lagardere.
Djotodia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De Lagardere counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Lagardere scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas Djotodia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Djotodia throws a hook but De Lagardere blocks it.
De Lagardere seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A swing and a miss from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
De Lagardere throws a shot to the body.
Djotodia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Lagardere.
Henri De Lagardere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Djotodia misses with a low kick.
Djotodia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
De Lagardere lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Djotodia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - De Lagardere throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for De Lagardere.
Djotodia throws a hook but De Lagardere blocks it.
De Lagardere throws a body shot but no joy.
De Lagardere swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Djotodia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Djotodia wants to clinch
and De Lagardere counters with a good low kick that Djotodia was not able to check.
Djotodia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Djotodia ducks under a wild hook from De Lagardere.
Djotodia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Lagardere.
Djotodia misses with a straight right.
De Lagardere moves out of range of the leg kick from Djotodia.
Djotodia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Djotodia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Djotodia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Lagardere.
Djotodia flicks out a counter leg kick but De Lagardere steps away.
De Lagardere walks into a stiff left hand from Djotodia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Lagardere there as he acknowledges the shot.
Djotodia cracks De Lagardere with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can De Lagardere get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. De Lagardere looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Djotodia misses with a hook. De Lagardere ducked under it nicely.
De Lagardere clobbers Djotodia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Lagardere misses with a jab to the body
and Djotodia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Lagardere is rocked!
De Lagardere keeps the fight on the outside.
Djotodia doesn't manage to clinch there - De Lagardere circles away.
Djotodia ducks under a wild hook from De Lagardere.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere throws a lazy right hand but Djotodia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Lagardere misses with an uppercut. Djotodia saw that one coming.
De Lagardere throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Henri De Lagardere.
I think De Lagardere has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicolas Djotodia!
Nicolas Djotodia thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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