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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zdravko Dren Jr (ranked 2408 p4p, 1266 weight class) and Hog Molly (ranked 70 p4p, 73 weight class). Zdravko Dren Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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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 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zdravko Dren Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Hog Molly!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molly takes one to the chin there.
Molly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Molly.
Dren Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Molly swings wildly with an uppercut but Dren Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dren Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Molly controls his hands.
Dren Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dren Jr lands with a right to the head.
Dren Jr stalling the fight.
Molly working aggressively here.
Dren Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Molly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dren Jr's efforts to push away.
Molly scores with a shot to the side of Dren Jr's head.
Dren Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Molly misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dren Jr fails to land.
Molly blocking some punches.
Molly throws a punch but it's blocked by Dren Jr.
Molly throws a head punch that misses.
Molly gets through Dren Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Molly scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molly working aggressively here.
Molly misses with a body punch.
Dren Jr blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Molly.
Dren Jr breaks the clinch.
Dren Jr wants to clinch up but Molly keeps it at a distance.
Dren Jr swings for the body but Molly moves out of range.
Molly is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Molly closes the distance and clinches.
Molly has a couple of punches blocked by Dren Jr.
Dren Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Dren Jr blocks a body shot from Molly.
Dren Jr blocking some punches.
Molly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Molly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dren Jr taking a breather.
Dren Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molly rushes Dren Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Molly has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dren Jr seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Molly can turn it around.
Molly misses with the head strike.
Molly working aggressively here.
Molly tries to work over Dren Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dren Jr breaks from the clinch.
Molly tries to clinch but Dren Jr moves away
and Dren Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dren Jr.
Dren Jr clinches with his opponent.
Molly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molly lands with a light punch inside.
Molly lands an uppercut.
Molly misses with a punch on the inside.
Molly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Molly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Molly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Molly working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Molly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hog Molly dominated that round.
That's time! Dren Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Molly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dren Jr.
Dren Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Molly tries to clinch but Dren Jr is having none of it.
Molly smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zdravko Dren Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dren Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Molly has a couple of punches blocked by Dren Jr.
Dren Jr tries to throw a body punch but Molly avoids it by throwing Dren Jr back against the cage.
Molly swings wildly with an uppercut but Dren Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dren Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Molly's elbow.
Dren Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dren Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dren Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zdravko Dren Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molly tries to clinch
and Dren Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dren Jr tries to clinch but Molly moves out of range.
Dren Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
A low kick from Dren Jr is predictable there
and Dren Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice combination there by Dren Jr.
Molly wants to clinch up but Dren Jr keeps it at a distance.
Molly closes the distance and clinches.
Molly misses with the head strike.
Hog Molly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dren Jr blocking some punches.
Dren Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dren Jr lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Hog Molly has been cut.
Dren Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Molly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dren Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dren Jr throws a front kick that sends Molly stumbling back into the cage.
Molly throws a hook but Dren Jr avoids it easily.
Molly closes the distance but Dren Jr moves to the side
and before Molly can reset, Dren Jr rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Molly is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Molly is rocked!
Molly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Molly lands a head shot.
Dren Jr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Molly looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zdravko Dren Jr will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
The cut man is working on Hog Molly's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Molly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dren Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dren Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Molly moves into range and clinches up with Dren Jr.
A right hook to the body lands for Dren Jr.
Dren Jr throws an elbow that misses.
Dren Jr tries to throw a body punch but Molly avoids it by throwing Dren Jr back against the cage.
Dren Jr lands with a right to the head.
Molly throws a punch but it's blocked by Dren Jr.
Nice elbow from Dren Jr.
Molly is still on wobbly legs! Can Dren Jr finish him?
Molly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dren Jr backwards.
Molly seems to have recovered his senses.
Dren Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dren Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Molly backwards.
Dren Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dren Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Molly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molly blocks a head kick by Dren Jr.
Dren Jr throws a series of punches but Molly moves out of range.
Dren Jr cracks Molly with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Molly 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 Molly is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Molly could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Zdravko Dren Jr!
A relieved looking Zdravko Dren Jr thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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