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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Latka Gravas (ranked 1348 p4p, 22527 weight class) and Bruno Fortuna (ranked 49 p4p, 267 weight class). Fortuna comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Godfather Theme by Nino Rota kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Latka Gravas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruno Fortuna's chin.
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184 cm 24 190 6 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm 31 198 5 - 7 - 1 |
World class MT Insanely flexible
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World class MT Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Fortuna! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gravas cracks Fortuna with a right hand to the side of the head. Bruno Fortuna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Gravas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Bruno Fortuna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Gravas misses with a looping right. Fortuna looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Gravas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Fortuna is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag. Fortuna takes one on the button. Fortuna looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range. Gravas thinks about countering with a body kick. Gravas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fortuna misses with a left hand and Gravas counters with a stiff right hand. Fortuna swinging wildly here.
Gravas dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Fortuna scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Fortuna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravas.
Fortuna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fortuna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas. Fortuna misses with a looping left. Fortuna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fortuna falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gravas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Fortuna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gravas manages to avoid it. Fortuna wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Fortuna misses with a body punch
and Gravas counters with an inside leg kick. Gravas connects with a crisp jab.
Fortuna is rocked! Fortuna is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Gravas doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Fortuna crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Fortuna's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Latka Gravas! Latka Gravas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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