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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tony Clifton (ranked 23272 p4p, 24359 weight class) and Rick Drew (ranked 582 p4p, 567 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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Good low kicks
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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Clifton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Drew!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drew misses with a kick to the body
and Clifton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Clifton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drew throws out the jab.
Clifton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Drew throws a nice inside leg kick.
Clifton moves out of range as Drew strikes.
Clifton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drew. Drew circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Rick Drew has been cut.
The crowd cheers as Drew lands an impressive looking overhand right. Clifton doesn't seem phased though.
Drew throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Clifton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Drew throws a right hand that Clifton ducks under and follows up with a left that Clifton also avoids with ease.
Clifton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drew feints and then cracks Clifton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clifton down.
Drew tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clifton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Clifton lands with a nice body punch.
Drew chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Clifton cracks Drew with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Drew is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Drew is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clifton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clifton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It appears Clifton was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clifton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drew.
Drew takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Drew is rocked!
Clifton throws a jab but it's blocked by Drew.
Drew is still on wobbly legs! Can Clifton finish him?
Clifton throws an off balance right hand
and Drew counters with a nice body kick.
Drew misses with a low kick as Clifton jumps back.
Drew seems to have recovered his senses.
Drew misses with a hook. Clifton ducked under it nicely.
Clifton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drew jabs Clifton right on the nose. Clifton blinks but takes it well.
Drew tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drew misses with an attempted mid kick.
Drew is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clifton.
Drew changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Clifton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drew counters with a left to the body.
Drew ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clifton moves away.
Clifton swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Drew looks to score with a jab to the body but Clifton is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drew connects with a solid leg kick.
Rick Drew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clifton checks a leg kick.
Clifton moves out of range as Drew throws a body kick.
Clifton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Drew lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clifton 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.
Drew misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Clifton misses the target.
Drew throws a half hearted mid kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Clifton misses the target.
Drew fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Clifton checks it well.
Drew gets a clinch.
Clifton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Drew is trying to maintain a safe position but Clifton gets an underhook and turns Drew into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Drew blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clifton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drew misses with a punch on the inside.
Clifton working aggressively here.
Clifton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clifton lands a nice uppercut.
Drew cracks Clifton with a nice body shot.
Clifton misses with a punch to the body.
Clifton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drew misses with some punches.
Drew is trying to maintain a safe position but Clifton gets an underhook and turns Drew into the cage.
Clifton working aggressively here.
Clifton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Clifton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drew struggles to land a body shot inside as Clifton controls his hands.
Clifton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clifton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That has opened up Rick Drew's cut even more.
Drew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drew lands a hook that snaps the head of Clifton backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drew lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clifton backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drew.
Clifton has a couple of punches blocked by Drew.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drew dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Drew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clifton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Drew tries to work over Clifton's front leg with a kick but Clifton checks it.
Drew misses with a low kick.
And Clifton counters with a quick kick to the body but Drew blocks it.
Drew blocks a jab.
Drew is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Drew moves into range and clinches up with Clifton.
A short right from Drew on the inside.
Clifton throws a head punch that misses.
Clifton throws a punch but it's blocked by Drew.
Clifton has a couple of punches blocked by Drew.
Drew has a couple of punches blocked by Clifton.
Clifton swings wildly with an uppercut but Drew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clifton misses with a punch on the inside.
Clifton misses with the head strike.
Clifton misses with a punch on the inside.
Clifton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drew.
Clifton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Drew's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Clifton misses with a body punch.
Drew will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clifton up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Clifton fails to land.
Clifton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drew throws a punch but it's blocked by Clifton.
Drew blocks an uppercut.
Drew misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Clifton as the two fighters clinch.
Clifton lands with a short shot to the head.
Clifton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clifton misses with some punches.
Drew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clifton throws a wild body kick that Drew sees coming a mile off.
Clifton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Clifton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Drew lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Drew does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Drew throws a head kick that misses.
A left lands for Clifton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Clifton. Those never looked like landing.
Drew throws the kick towards the body but Clifton avoids it.
Clifton just misses with a punch to the body.
Drew throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Clifton on the side of the head.
Drew turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Clifton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clifton throwing a counter right hand but Drew manages to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Clifton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Drew throws a left and a right that both miss
and Clifton counters with a beautiful hook that drops Drew to the mat! Will Drew be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Clifton to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Drew is up. He looks OK to continue.
Sloppy strikes from Clifton. Those never looked like landing.
Clifton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Drew takes a swing at Clifton's ribcage but misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Drew misses with a shot to the body
and Clifton counters with a straight right hand that connects right on the button, dropping Drew face first to the canvas! He's out! He's out cold! No need for a count here - this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tony Clifton!
During a confident post fight interview, Tony Clifton thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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