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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Waldron (ranked 20624 p4p, 21916 weight class) and Henri De Lagardere (ranked 230 p4p, 535 weight class). Henri De Lagardere acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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World class boxer
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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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 24 - 25 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Waldron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Lagardere avoids a kick to the body.
De Lagardere throws a body punch but Waldron moves out of range.
Waldron misses with a low kick.
De Lagardere looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Waldron looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Lagardere lands a nice shot to the body.
De Lagardere feints and then cracks Waldron's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Waldron down.
Waldron tries to close the distance and clinch but De Lagardere swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Lagardere! But no joy.
De Lagardere fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Waldron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waldron is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Lagardere takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Waldron uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere throws a jab but it's blocked by Waldron.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere works Waldron's body with a nice hook.
Waldron throws a looping overhand right but De Lagardere ducks down to avoid it.
Waldron drives through and clinches with De Lagardere against the cage.
Waldron lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Waldron lands an elbow that stopped De Lagardere in his tracks for a moment.
Waldron pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Lagardere lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Lagardere landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Waldron is breathing heavily.
De Lagardere wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Waldron has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on De Lagardere's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Waldron digs a right hand into De Lagardere's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Lagardere's gas tank.
De Lagardere has had enough of the clinch but Waldron keeps him there for the moment.
Waldron prevents De Lagardere from breaking the clinch.
De Lagardere can't break the clinch.
De Lagardere gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Johnny Waldron has been cut.
De Lagardere throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Waldron blocks it with crossed arms.
De Lagardere blocks an elbow strike from Waldron.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldron lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Henri De Lagardere's cut even more.
Waldron scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waldron's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Waldron lands an elbow inside.
Waldron tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Waldron with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Waldron has De Lagardere pressed against the cage.
Waldron blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Lagardere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Waldron lands an elbow inside that De Lagardere shrugs off.
Waldron throws an elbow but it misses.
De Lagardere with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Lagardere prevents a body shot from Waldron.
Waldron on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Waldron comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Waldron lands an elbow that stopped De Lagardere in his tracks for a moment.
The cut above Henri De Lagardere's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
De Lagardere tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Waldron avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Waldron dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Waldron throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Lagardere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Waldron keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Waldron moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice defenses there by Waldron.
De Lagardere throws a looping overhand right but Waldron ducks down to avoid it.
De Lagardere throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Lagardere lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
De Lagardere misses with an uppercut
and Waldron counters with a straight right hand.
Waldron throws a jab but it's blocked by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron tries to clinch but De Lagardere moves out of range.
De Lagardere misses with an uppercut. Waldron saw that one coming.
De Lagardere misses with an uppercut. Waldron saw that one coming.
Waldron ducks under a wild hook from De Lagardere.
Waldron defending well as De Lagardere loads up on a big left hand.
Waldron closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Waldron swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere misses with a two punch combination.
A shot to the liver by De Lagardere. Beautiful body shot.
Henri De Lagardere seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab lands there for De Lagardere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere lands a jab to Waldron's midsection.
De Lagardere misses with a lunging right hand
and Waldron counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Waldron.
Johnny Waldron has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Waldron lands a left hand.
De Lagardere wants to break free but Waldron has control.
Waldron works on De Lagardere's body with a couple of short punches.
De Lagardere is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Waldron.
A knee to the head by Waldron.
Henri De Lagardere's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Waldron lands a body shot.
Waldron lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henri De Lagardere's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Johnny Waldron!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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