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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Loke Axelsen (ranked 1149 p4p, 5674 weight class) and Darwin Hampton (ranked 42 p4p, 193 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Axelsen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cha Cha PT2- Freddie Dredd. Hampton has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Loke Axelsen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 cm 31 254 16 - 8 - 0 |
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188 cm 26 215 2 - 5 - 0 |
Excellent boxer Granite chin
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Decent boxing Knockout power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Loke Axelsen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darwin Hampton! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes. Hampton gets through Axelsen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Axelsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hampton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Axelsen.
Hampton breaks the clinch.
Axelsen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hampton swats him away and circles back towards the center. Axelsen tries to clinch but Hampton moves out of range. Axelsen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hampton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Axelsen rushes Hampton and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch. Axelsen lands with a left to the head. Axelsen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Hampton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hampton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Axelsen clinches.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Still in the clinch, Axelsen scores with a nice short uppercut. Axelsen scores with a shoulder strike. Axelsen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hampton backwards. Hampton looks winded! Axelsen has a couple of punches blocked by Hampton.
Axelsen scores with a shoulder strike. A shot in the inside from Axelsen. Axelsen has a couple of punches blocked by Hampton.
Axelsen works on Hampton's body with a couple of short punches. Axelsen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Axelsen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hampton backwards. Axelsen creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Hampton crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Hampton face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Axelsen takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Loke Axelsen! A less than humble Loke Axelsen misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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