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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Price (ranked 789 p4p, 313 weight class) and Kenzo Kulmunki (ranked 101 p4p, 42 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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211
11 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenzo Kulmunki!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kulmunki.
Kulmunki doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kulmunki thuds his right hand into Price's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Kulmunki does it's job there.
No joy there for Kulmunki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Kulmunki.
Price misses with the combination.
Price tests Kulmunki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price throws a right hand that Kulmunki ducks under and follows up with a left that Kulmunki also avoids with ease.
Kulmunki is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Price.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulmunki throws a chopping leg kick but Price manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Price gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Kulmunki misses the target.
Pete Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Price will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kulmunki takes one on the button.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Kulmunki.
Kulmunki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kulmunki slips under a jab.
Kulmunki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Price scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a hook but Kulmunki avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Kulmunki releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A shot to the body from Kulmunki misses
and Price counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kulmunki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Price's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price darts in looking for a takedown but Kulmunki gets double underhooks and turns Price into the cage.
Price is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kulmunki manages to break the clinch.
Kulmunki defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Kulmunki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kulmunki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Price swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kulmunki.
Kenzo Kulmunki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulmunki moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Kulmunki.
Price connects with the punch.
Kulmunki moves out of range of the strikes.
Kulmunki shapes to counter with a head kick.
A low kick lands for Kulmunki.
Price lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Price slips under a jab from Kulmunki.
Price throws an off balance right hand
and Kulmunki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kulmunki just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Price misses.
Price misses with a combination
and Kulmunki counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kulmunki. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.
Price misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kulmunki! But no joy.
Price misses with a hook to the body
and Kulmunki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Price misses with a straight left.
Kulmunki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kulmunki is looking to chop away at Price's legs.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kulmunki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Price.
Price throws a lazy uppercut
and Kulmunki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kulmunki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Price circles away quickly and effectively.
Price throwing a counter right hand but Kulmunki manages to avoid it.
Kulmunki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Price has time to react.
Kulmunki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Price slips a jab and a cross from Kulmunki.
Price lands with a nice body punch.
Kulmunki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kulmunki misses with a double jab.
Price misses with a looping left.
Price misses with a straight right.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kulmunki tries to bum rush Price with a series of wild strikes but Price uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kulmunki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Price avoids the body shot from Kulmunki.
Kulmunki throws a body shot but no joy.
Kulmunki moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kulmunki cracks Price with an open hand slap.
Price tries to bum rush Kulmunki with a series of wild strikes but Kulmunki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Price fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Kulmunki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kulmunki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Price throws a hook but Kulmunki blocks it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Price.
Price connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kulmunki. Kulmunki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Price misses with a double jab.
Price misses with a series of wild punches.
Price blocks a leg kick.
It looked like Price wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kulmunki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Price tries to land a body kick
enabling Kulmunki to counter with a crisp jab.
Kulmunki throws a head kick but Price moves out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Kulmunki as he connects with a hook.
Price dives in and grabs Kulmunki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kulmunki pushes down on Price's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pete Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kulmunki throws a leg kick that misses.
Price tries to counter with a takedown but Kulmunki is quick to defend against it.
A jab from Price misses.
Kulmunki throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kulmunki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Price blocks the low kick.
Kulmunki dips to his left and cracks Price with an uppercut!
A jab lands there for Kulmunki.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kulmunki wants to land a leg kick but Price is out of range.
The fighters circling - Price throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kulmunki walks into a straight right hand from Price.
Price darts in looking for a takedown but Kulmunki gets double underhooks and turns Price into the cage.
Kulmunki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kulmunki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Price misses with a body shot.
Kulmunki misses with a low kick.
Price is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kulmunki throws a front kick that sends Price stumbling back into the cage.
Price misses with a left hand
and Kulmunki counters with a good low kick that Price was not able to check.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenzo Kulmunki dominated that round.
That's time! Price's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kulmunki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Price has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Price and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Price lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kulmunki throws a lazy uppercut
and Price counters with a straight right hand.
Price misses with a hook. Kulmunki ducked under it nicely.
Kulmunki has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Nice shot by Kulmunki.
Good shot there by Price.
Kulmunki slips a jab from Price.
As Price backs off Kulmunki throws a huge counter combo but Price manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price misses with a looping right.
Kulmunki scores with a punch to the head.
Kulmunki misses with a left hand
and Price counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Price uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kulmunki.
Price shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kulmunki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Price on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kulmunki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Price.
Kulmunki misses the jab.
Kulmunki moves forwards but Price connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Price fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulmunki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A head kick by Kulmunki misses
letting Price counter with a right hand.
Price misses with a looping left.
Kulmunki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Price misses the jab.
Nice jab there from Price.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kulmunki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kulmunki scores with a nice body kick.
Price looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kulmunki is fending him off so far but Price persists. Nope, Kulmunki circles away and we're back to standing.
Kulmunki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulmunki throws out the jab.
Kulmunki scores with a jab.
Price misses with a straight right.
Price dodges the punch combination from Kulmunki.
Price lands a jab to the nose.
Price misses with a looping left.
Kulmunki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kulmunki throws the left hand but Price avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulmunki lands a nice looking kick to the body. Price takes a step back to recover.
Price moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Price swings widly with a right hand
and Kulmunki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kulmunki drops Price with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Price looks back up at him and smiles so Kulmunki waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Price is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulmunki fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Price to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Price looks to clinch but Kulmunki throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Price taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kenzo Kulmunki!
Kenzo Kulmunki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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