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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alexander Zass (ranked 466 p4p, 2033 weight class) and Han Cholo (ranked 15 p4p, 72 weight class). Han Cholo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Granite chin
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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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Zass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Han Cholo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zass tests Cholo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zass drives through and clinches with Cholo against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zass.
Cholo misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Zass.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cholo.
Still in the clinch, Zass scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zass cracks Cholo with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Zass.
Cholo tries a body shot but Zass blocks it.
Zass cracks Cholo with a nice body shot.
Cholo looks winded!
Zass tries a body shot but Cholo blocks it.
Cholo misses with a punch to the body.
Zass tries to work over Cholo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zass makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cholo lands a hook that snaps the head of Zass backwards.
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!
Still in the clinch, Zass scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cholo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zass.
Zass tries to work over Cholo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Zass's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zass lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Zass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cholo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zass misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cholo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cholo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cholo lands a hook that snaps the head of Zass backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cholo.
Cholo trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Zass fails to land.
Cholo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zass on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cholo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zass.
Cholo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zass counters with a straight right hand.
Cholo misses with the body kick
and Zass counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cholo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cholo throws a lazy uppercut
and Zass counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cholo scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Zass.
Cholo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zass scores with a nice strike.
Zass scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cholo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zass throws out the jab.
Zass fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cholo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zass has Cholo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Zass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cholo crunches a lovely knee into Zass's ribcage.
Zass tries to work over Cholo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cholo throws a punch but it's blocked by Zass.
Cholo trying to land knees to the body.
Zass lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Zass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Zass dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Zass misses the body punch
and Cholo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cholo misses the jab.
Cholo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cholo misses with an uppercut
letting Zass counter with a right hand.
Zass misses the shot to the body.
Cholo throws a lazy right hand but Zass sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cholo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cholo misses with an uppercut.
Cholo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zass under the eye.
It looks like Alexander Zass has been cut.
Zass lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cholo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cholo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zass tries to clinch but Cholo is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zass just misses with a punch to the body.
Zass misses with a wild body shot.
Cholo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cholo misses with a lunging right hand
and Cholo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zass tries to clinch but Cholo is having none of it.
Good standup being displayed there by Zass as he connects with a hook.
Zass shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Alexander Zass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cholo throws a big shot that misses.
Cholo avoids the body shot from Zass.
Cholo lands a really nice looking cross but Zass seems unphased.
Cholo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zass throws a shot from downtown. Cholo moves away and avoids it.
Cholo throws a hook to the side of Zass's head but Zass sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cholo slips a straight right by Zass.
Zass blocks a jab.
Cholo blocks a jab.
Zass lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Cholo - just one landing.
Cholo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zass swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zass takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cholo circles away quickly and effectively.
Cholo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Zass misses with a straight left.
Nice body punch from Zass.
Zass lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cholo at a distance.
Zass is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cholo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slow jab from Cholo misses its intended target.
Zass moves in looking to clinch but Cholo pushes him off.
Zass with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Zass will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Zass's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cholo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zass swings for the body but Cholo moves out of range.
Cholo throws a head kick that misses.
Nice cross by Cholo.
Zass blocks a jab.
Cholo throws a big shot that misses.
Zass moves away from the strike by Cholo.
Zass seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alexander Zass is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zass pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zass wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cholo throws a jab when Zass was well out of range.
Nice cross by Zass.
Zass jabs Cholo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cholo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zass uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cholo.
Jab by Zass.
Cholo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cholo throws a head kick that misses
and Zass counters with a stiff right hand.
Zass takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cholo takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters circling - Cholo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cholo.
Alexander Zass is winning the standup battle so far.
Zass pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zass closes the distance and clinches.
Alexander Zass has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zass struggles to land a body shot inside as Cholo controls his hands.
Zass misses with a punch on the inside.
Zass swings wildly with an uppercut but Cholo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cholo misses with a punch on the inside.
Zass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zass throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zass lands a right hand.
Cholo scores with a shoulder strike.
Cholo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cholo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zass.
Cholo misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cholo obliges.
Zass can't find room to land a body shot as Cholo controls the action.
Han Cholo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zass throws a punch but it's blocked by Cholo.
Zass on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cholo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zass is working Cholo over against the ropes.
A short right from Zass.
Zass lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cholo backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cholo.
Zass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cholo lands a nice uppercut.
Zass throws a head punch that misses.
Cholo tries to throw a body punch but Zass avoids it by throwing Cholo back against the ropes.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alexander Zass.
Well Zass has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Zass!
A relieved looking Alexander Zass 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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energy
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hype
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RATING
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