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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Pattaya D Krusai (ranked 25351 p4p, 2680 weight class) and Rahim Johnson (ranked 355 p4p, 219 weight class). Johnson has chosen Gone Guru- Lifeseeker 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 MT
Granite chin
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pattaya D Krusai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rahim Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract D Krusai.
D Krusai darts in and clinches Johnson up against the ropes.
D Krusai keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
D Krusai lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from D Krusai.
D Krusai lands a nice elbow.
D Krusai missing with knees to the body.
D Krusai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
D Krusai lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
D Krusai lands a left hand.
D Krusai scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
A hook to the body from D Krusai.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
D Krusai missing with knees to the body.
D Krusai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
D Krusai lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
D Krusai lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
D Krusai tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
D Krusai lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Rahim Johnson has been cut.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice right hand lands inside from D Krusai.
D Krusai missing with knees to the body.
D Krusai lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
D Krusai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson's coach down at Golden Tiger Combat Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Johnson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
D Krusai lands with a right to the head.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
D Krusai throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Krusai lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson is rocked!
D Krusai works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can D Krusai finish him?
D Krusai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
D Krusai lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
D Krusai misses with the head strike.
D Krusai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
D Krusai lands a knee to the body.
D Krusai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from D Krusai, against the ropes.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
D Krusai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
D Krusai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pattaya D Krusai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rahim Johnson's cut.
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.
D Krusai connects with the punch.
D Krusai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
D Krusai clinches up against the ropes.
Nice elbow from D Krusai.
D Krusai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
D Krusai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from D Krusai.
D Krusai scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
D Krusai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from D Krusai.
A short right hand to the side of the head by D Krusai.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
D Krusai creates a bit of distance and cracks Johnson with a big uppercut! Johnson goes down! The referee pushes D Krusai away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Johnson make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! D Krusai takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Pattaya D Krusai!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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