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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hog Molly (ranked 1130 p4p, 21521 weight class) and Henri De Lagardere (ranked 74 p4p, 179 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Solid boxing
Cardio machine
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Hog Molly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri De Lagardere!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Molly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Molly tries to counter by moving into the clinch but De Lagardere manages to circle out of the way.
Molly drops his hands momentarily and De Lagardere takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big left from De Lagardere misses.
A cross from De Lagardere lands.
Molly 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.
De Lagardere looks to score with a jab to the body but Molly is just out of range.
Molly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Molly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Lagardere looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Molly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Lagardere paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Molly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Molly tries to counter by moving into the clinch but De Lagardere manages to circle out of the way.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Lagardere.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Lagardere. Molly does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Lagardere lands with a good body shot.
Molly looks to clinch
and De Lagardere counters with a nice uppercut.
Molly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Lagardere fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Molly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Molly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Molly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Molly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Lagardere throws a body punch but Molly moves out of range.
De Lagardere fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Molly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere misses with a hook.
De Lagardere throws a lazy uppercut
and Molly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Henri De Lagardere has been cut.
Molly slips under a jab from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere misses with a few strikes there.
Molly has closed the distance and engaged De Lagardere in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lagardere is trying to break the clinch but Molly has him pressed against the cage.
De Lagardere tries to land a knee to the head but Molly blocks with his arms.
De Lagardere is trying to break free.
Molly lands with a right to the head.
I was talking to Molly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Molly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Molly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molly pushes De Lagardere back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Lagardere looks winded!
Molly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Molly on the inside.
Molly scores with a hook to the body.
Molly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Molly.
Molly digs a right hand underneath De Lagardere's ribcage. De Lagardere let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henri De Lagardere dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henri De Lagardere's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Molly forces De Lagardere back against the cage and clinches.
De Lagardere lands an elbow that stopped Molly in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Hog Molly has been cut.
Molly lands a shot to the body.
De Lagardere struggles to land a body shot inside as Molly controls his hands.
Molly lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Molly.
Molly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Molly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Lagardere takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Molly on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Molly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Molly lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
De Lagardere is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Molly lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Lagardere backwards.
De Lagardere is still on wobbly legs! Can Molly finish him?
A nice right hand lands inside from Molly.
Molly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Molly breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks De Lagardere with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! De Lagardere looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. De Lagardere get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hog Molly!
Hog Molly 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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FIGHT
RATING
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