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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Glock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kicker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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175 cm
21
166 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
25
160 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Romeo Glock! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kicker! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Glock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kicker momentarily.
Kicker moves forwards but Glock connects with a nice, crisp jab. Glock throws an overhand right that lands on Kicker's shoulder, as Kicker tries to avoid the shot. Kicker takes one to the chin there.
It looks like John Kicker has been cut. Glock connects with a body shot. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Glock just misses with a punch to the body.
Glock looks to throw the jab but Kicker is out of range. Glock scores with a hook. Glock slips a jab and a cross from Kicker.
Glock throws a shot from downtown. Kicker moves away and avoids it. Glock throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kicker counters by clinching up. Glock wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.
Kicker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Glock is trying to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Glock is trying to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling him. Glock is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the cage. A frustrated look appears on Glock's face as he tries to break the clinch. Glock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Kicker rushes Glock and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Glock lands a hook to the side of the head. Glock prevents a body shot from Kicker. Glock working hard to break the clinch. Glock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glock is defending well for now. Kicker missing with knees to the body.
Kicker trying to land knees to the body.
Kicker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Kicker with a knee to the head.
Glock tries to circle away but Kicker has him pinned against the cage. Glock tries to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling the position. Kicker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Glock avoids it. Kicker misses with some punches.
Glock lands a nice uppercut. Kicker can't find room to land a body shot as Glock controls the action.
Kicker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Kicker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Glock is keeping busy. Glock wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.
Glock is trying to force a seperation but Kicker has the dominant position. Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glock is defending well for now. Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glock is defending well for now. Glock tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the cage. Glock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Glock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Glock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Kicker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glock. Kicker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Kicker ducks under a wild hook from Glock. Kicker ducks under a wild hook from Glock. Glock scores with a jab to the head.
Glock throws a jab but it's blocked by Kicker.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Glock throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Glock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kicker dodges the punch combination from Glock.
Glock throws the left hand but Kicker avoids the punch easily. Glock missing with a left hand there. Kicker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Kicker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Glock works Kicker's body with a nice hook. Glock looks to land a left hand but Kicker moved out of range nicely. Glock is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Glock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kicker.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kicker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glock.
Glock tests Kicker's chin there with a solid looking shot. Kicker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Glock throws a hook to the side of Kicker's head but Kicker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Kicker misses with a head kick.
Kicker moves out of range of the strikes. Glock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Kicker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glock.
Romeo Glock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Glock jabbing away but nothing is landing. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romeo Glock dominated that round. The cut man is working on John Kicker's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kicker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glock. Kicker defending well as Glock loads up on a big left hand. Glock tries to bum rush Kicker with a series of wild strikes but Kicker uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Glock has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kicker. Kicker avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Glock throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kicker counters with a head kick. Kicker slips a straight right by Glock. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Glock misses with a looping left. Glock misses with a looping right. Glock scores with a sloppy right hand. Kicker should have avoided that one. Glock lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kicker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John Kicker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Glock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kicker counters with a head kick. Kicker ducks under a wild hook from Glock. Glock throws a lazy right hand but Kicker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Glock cracks a nice hook into Kicker's ribs. Glock jabbing away but nothing is landing. Kicker throws a head kick that misses. Kicker slips a straight right by Glock. Kicker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glock.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Kicker slips under a jab from Glock. Kicker tries to clinch but Glock moves out of range. Glock lands a jab to the head.
Glock throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kicker counters with a thumping low kick. Glock lands a lovely overhand right. Kicker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glock. Kicker ducks under a wild hook from Glock. Glock jabbing away but nothing is landing. Glock misses with a body shot.
Kicker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Romeo Glock is winning the standup battle so far. Kicker moves in looking to clinch but Glock pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kicker misses with a straight right. Glock scores with a jab. Kicker acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kicker lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Glock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Glock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Kicker fails in his attempt to clinch. Kicker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Kicker moves out of range of the strikes. Glock pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Glock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Glock cracks Kicker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Kicker throws a head kick but Glock moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kicker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glock.
Glock misses with a straight right. Kicker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Glock. Kicker throws a leg kick which misses Glock's front leg but catches the back leg as Glock tries to avoid it. Nice cross by Glock. Kicker slips a jab from Glock. Kicker is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Glock throws a shot from downtown. Kicker moves away and avoids it. A swing and a miss from Glock. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romeo Glock dominated that second round. The cut man is working on John Kicker'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kicker ducks under a wild hook from Glock. Kicker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Kicker has closed the distance and engaged Glock in a clinch.
Glock blocks an elbow strike from Kicker.
Kicker trying to land knees to the body.
Kicker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glock pushes Kicker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Glock breaks from the clinch.
Glock digs a good body shot into Kicker's ribs. Glock moves into range and connects with a jab. Glock lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Glock throws a right hand that Kicker ducks under and follows up with a left that Kicker also avoids with ease. Kicker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Glock. Glock missing with a left hand there. Kicker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kicker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Glock throws a looping overhand right but Kicker ducks down to avoid it. Glock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kicker. Glock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kicker moves away. Kicker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Glock throws out a token jab with nothing on it. A big left from Glock misses. Kicker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glock.
Glock throws a hook to the side of Kicker's head but Kicker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Glock thows a left - swing and a miss! John Kicker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Glock throws a big shot that misses. Glock throws a lazy right hand but Kicker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Glock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Glock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kicker.
Glock misses with an uppercut. Kicker blocks a jab. Kicker catches Glock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! A punch combination from Glock misses. Glock lands a jab to Kicker's midsection. Glock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Glock looks to land a right hand but Kicker moved out of range. Kicker ducks under a wild hook from Glock. Kicker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Glock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Glock misses with a looping left. Glock misses with an uppercut. Glock pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Kicker gets a clinch. Kicker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glock is defending well for now. Glock breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Glock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice shot lands for Glock. Glock throws a big shot that misses. Glock throws out a loose jab but Kicker uses good head movement to avoid it. Glock connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Romeo Glock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Glock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kicker counters with a leg kick. Kicker lands a front kick. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Kicker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Glock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kicker. Glock thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight! Romeo Glock showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Glock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27 Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27 Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romeo Glock!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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