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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boniface Randriamaholison (ranked 591 p4p, 1209 weight class) and Zack Rize (ranked 83 p4p, 163 weight class). Randriamaholison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Careless Whisper (Remastered). Rize comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Boniface Randriamaholison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zack Rize!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rize throws a sloppy head kick and Randriamaholison moves out of range easily.
Rize lands a nice shot that snaps Randriamaholison's head back.
Rize misses with a wild combination.
Rize keeps Randriamaholison at a distance using the push kick.
Rize fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rize lunges at Randriamaholison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Randriamaholison's hand.
Rize misses with a head kick.
Rize swings for the body but Randriamaholison moves out of range.
Rize tries a head kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Randriamaholison on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randriamaholison swats away the attempt to clinch by Rize.
A counter left hand to the body from Randriamaholison misses its target.
Randriamaholison takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rize clinches up with Randriamaholison and pushes him back against the cage.
Rize misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rize makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rize pushes Randriamaholison back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rize lands a nice shot to the body.
Rize throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Randriamaholisons head.
Rize is stalling here.
Rize works on Randriamaholison's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Randriamaholison.
Randriamaholison breaks from the clinch.
Randriamaholison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rize throws a series of punches but Randriamaholison moves out of range.
Randriamaholison misses with a few strikes there.
Zack Rize seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rize tries to close the distance and clinch up but Randriamaholison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Randriamaholison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rize has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rize looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Rize misses.
Randriamaholison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rize throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Randriamaholison on the side of the head.
Rize misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rize scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rize fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Randriamaholison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rize connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Randriamaholison momentarily.
Rize misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Randriamaholison counters with a crisp one two that drops Rize! Randriamaholison thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Rize to his feet! Rize is in big trouble!
Rize is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Randriamaholison engages and cracks Rize with a massive lead left hook - Rize tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Randriamaholison is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Boniface Randriamaholison!
During a confident post fight interview, Boniface Randriamaholison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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