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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rolly Blanco (ranked 24428 p4p, 5270 weight class) and Serul Dathren (ranked 546 p4p, 508 weight class). Rolly Blanco could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Serul Dathren's chin.
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World class boxer Cardio machine
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World class boxer Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rolly Blanco! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Serul Dathren! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dathren stalks Blanco and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blanco's face. Blanco staggers backwards, shaken. Blanco missing with a left hand there. Dathren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Blanco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Blanco lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blanco. Dathren does a little dance to reset his feet. Dathren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blanco was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Dathren throws out a powerful jab. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blanco. Dathren wants to counter with a clinch but Blanco pushes him away. Dathren slips a straight right by Blanco. Blanco ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Dathren swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dathren looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Dathren punishes Blanco's body with a nice straight punch. Blanco tests Dathren's chin there with a solid looking shot. Rolly Blanco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Blanco throws a leg kick but Dathren moved away. Blanco swings for the body but Dathren moves out of range.
Blanco misses with a wild body shot. Dathren thows a left - swing and a miss! Dathren fakes the leg kick and cracks Blanco in the body. Dathren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blanco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blanco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dathren. Dathren chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dathren throws a low kick but Blanco avoids it.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Blanco lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Dathren blocks a leg kick. Blanco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dathren. Dathren swings for the body but Blanco moves out of range.
Dathren moves into the clinch. Dathren throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blanco blocks it with crossed arms. Dathren trying to land knees to the body.
Blanco trying to land knees to the body.
Dathren lands an uppercut. Blanco working hard to break the clinch. Dathren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blanco. Dathren with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Blanco takes a knee right on the jaw!
 It looks like Rolly Blanco has been cut. Blanco is trying to break free. Dathren tries a body shot but Blanco blocks it.
Dathren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head. Dathren with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blanco wants to break free but Dathren has control.
Dathren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A short uppercut from Dathren. Dathren pushes Blanco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Blanco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Dathren managing to block the knees to the body from Blanco.
Dathren with a knee to the head.
Blanco tries to circle away but Dathren has him pinned against the cage. Blanco tries to break free but Dathren pushes him back against the cage. Dathren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head. Dathren prevents Blanco from breaking the clinch. Dathren connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blanco's face.
Dathren prevents Blanco from breaking the clinch. Knees in the clinch landing for Dathren.
Dathren managing to block the knees to the body from Blanco.
A short left from Dathren. A shot in the inside from Dathren. Dathren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blanco backwards. Dathren landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dathren connects with a knee to the head.
Dathren scores with a knee to the head.
 Blanco is rocked! Dathren is controlling Blanco's neck. Dathren unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Blanco goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Serul Dathren! Serul Dathren 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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