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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Vito Romero Jr (ranked 24827 p4p, 3229 weight class) and Jumba Kingston (ranked 529 p4p, 374 weight class). Kingston has chosen Can't Be Touched - Roy Jones as his entrance music. 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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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vito Romero Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jumba Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurstr�m, Arvi Lind and Roosa J�rvil�inen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kingston on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kingston takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero Jr.
I was talking to Romero Jr's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kingston lands with a left to the head.
Kingston working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Kingston.
Romero Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Romero Jr gets through Kingston's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kingston softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kingston looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kingston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Romero Jr wants to stall.
Romero Jr misses with the head strike.
Kingston swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Romero Jr fails to land.
Kingston goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kingston working aggressively here.
Kingston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kingston throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero Jr.
Kingston struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero Jr controls his hands.
Romero Jr blocking some punches.
Kingston tries to work over Romero Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Kingston creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Romero Jr fails to land.
Romero Jr looking to stall.
Kingston tries to throw a body punch but Romero Jr avoids it by throwing Kingston back against the ropes.
Kingston scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kingston tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romero Jr's elbow.
Kingston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kingston lands a left hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Romero Jr.
Romero Jr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Romero Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Kingston.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero Jr tries to stall but Kingston uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Romero Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Kingston.
Kingston scores with a shoulder strike.
Kingston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kingston throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kingston trying to stall but Romero Jr improves his position.
A head punch on the inside from Romero Jr fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingston.
Kingston throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero Jr.
Kingston content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero Jr.
Romero Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Kingston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kingston lands with a right to the head.
Kingston lands a left hand.
Kingston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kingston misses with a punch on the inside.
Kingston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kingston lands a body punch in the clinch.
Romero Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jumba Kingston dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Romero Jr misses with a straight right.
Kingston swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kingston throws out a loose jab but Romero Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Romero Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab lands there for Kingston.
It looks like Vito Romero Jr has been cut.
Kingston is stalking his opponent - BOOM! Switch kick out of nowhere! Romero Jr is not moving; he is out cold!! Wow, what a quick finish that was.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jumba Kingston!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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