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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Serul Dathren (ranked 24443 p4p, 24332 weight class) and Rick Drew (ranked 545 p4p, 579 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Serul Dathren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Drew!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dathren has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drew.
Drew avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dathren has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dathren blocks a body shot from Drew.
A short body shot lands from Dathren as the two fighters clinch.
Dathren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dathren blocking some punches.
Drew pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drew throws a leg kick that misses.
Drew swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drew throws a hook but Dathren blocks it.
Drew moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Drew scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dathren has managed to clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dathren obliges.
Dathren can't find room to land a body shot as Drew controls the action.
Dathren digs a right hand into Drew's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Drew's gas tank.
Drew lands a left hand.
Dathren definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dathren.
A right handed body shot lands from Dathren.
Drew looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dathren pushes Drew back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dathren lands a nice knee to the body.
Dathren scores a nice knee to the body.
Dathren landing knees to the head.
It looks like Rick Drew has been cut.
Dathren lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Dathren.
Dathren presses Drew against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Dathren on the inside.
Dathren misses with a knee strike.
Drew avoiding damage as Dathren throws knees to the body.
Drew misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drew lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dathren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drew or not.
Dathren is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dathren digs a right hand underneath Drew's ribcage. Drew let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Drew on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dathren scores with a shoulder strike.
Dathren connects with a knee to the head.
Drew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Drew has a couple of punches blocked by Dathren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dathren lands a body shot.
Dathren lands a nice knee to the body.
Dathren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dathren.
Dathren with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dathren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dathren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dathren breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drew throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dathren throws a good cross that connects.
Dathren gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dathren with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drew is rocked!
Dathren unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Drew is still on wobbly legs! Can Dathren finish him?
Dathren using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drew is trying to force a seperation but Dathren has the dominant position.
Drew seems to have recovered his senses.
Drew lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dathren backwards.
Dathren using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dathren trying to land knees to the body.
Drew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dathren's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dathren.
Dathren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dathren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drew moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Drew misses with a shot to the body
and Dathren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drew throws a body punch but Dathren moves out of range.
Dathren's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drew under the eye.
Drew throws a leg kick but Dathren sees it coming and moves out of range.
Drew goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Drew misses with a low kick.
Drew takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dathren cracks Drew with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Drew get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Drew looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drew misses with an uppercut
and Dathren counters with a big uppercut that drops Drew face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Serul Dathren!
After winning the bout, Serul Dathren thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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FIGHT
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