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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Abraham Berkovitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Joy Division - Atmosphere. 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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164 lbs
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Abraham Berkovitz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruce walks into a stiff left hand from Berkovitz.
Bruce rushes Berkovitz and presses him up against the cage.
Bruce misses with an elbow strike.
Berkovitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruce.
Berkovitz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bruce misses with a body punch.
Bruce has a couple of punches blocked by Berkovitz.
Berkovitz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berkovitz lands a body shot.
Berkovitz lands a left hand.
Berkovitz lands an uppercut.
Berkovitz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Berkovitz takes an elbow to the temple.
Bruce is working Berkovitz over against the cage.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Berkovitz avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Berkovitz scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruce.
Bruce lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Berkovitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bruce throws a punch but it's blocked by Berkovitz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Berkovitz scores with a hook to the body.
Bruce throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruce.
Bruce tries to throw a body punch but Berkovitz avoids it by throwing Bruce back against the cage.
Berkovitz taking a breather.
Berkovitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Berkovitz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bruce is keeping busy.
Berkovitz wants to get back to striking at distance but Bruce won't allow it.
Bruce throws an elbow that misses.
Bruce lands with a light punch inside.
Berkovitz wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Berkovitz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Berkovitz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Berkovitz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Berkovitz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berkovitz tries to throw a body punch but Bruce avoids it by throwing Berkovitz back against the cage.
Berkovitz lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berkovitz stalling the fight.
Berkovitz misses with the head strike.
A short right from Bruce.
Berkovitz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bruce lands a shoulder strike.
Berkovitz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruce lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Berkovitz misses with the head strike.
Bruce throws an elbow but it misses.
Berkovitz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Berkovitz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Berkovitz throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bruce throws an elbow but misses.
Berkovitz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bruce backwards.
Bruce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bruce lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bruce blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Berkovitz blocks an elbow strike from Bruce.
Berkovitz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Berkovitz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Berkovitz throws the left hand but Bruce avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Berkovitz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bruce throws a wild body kick that Berkovitz sees coming a mile off.
Berkovitz lands with a right hand.
Bruce misses with a wild body shot.
Bruce tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Berkovitz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Berkovitz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Berkovitz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Berkovitz!
Bruce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Berkovitz doesn't seem bothered though.
Bruce misses with a body shot
and Berkovitz moves into the clinch.
Bruce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Berkovitz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Bruce scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bruce lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bruce fails to land.
Bruce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Berkovitz is breathing heavily.
Berkovitz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Berkovitz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruce lands a hook that snaps the head of Berkovitz backwards.
Berkovitz blocks a body shot from Bruce.
Bruce working Berkovitz over with knees to the body.
Berkovitz blocks an elbow strike from Bruce.
Bruce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Berkovitz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bruce lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Berkovitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Berkovitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce tries a knee to the head but Berkovitz blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bruce lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Berkovitz backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Berkovitz.
A short right from Bruce on the inside.
A hook to the body from Bruce.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bobby Bruce will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Berkovitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Berkovitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruce.
Bruce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruce scores with a spinning back kick!
Bruce keeps Berkovitz at a distance using the push kick.
Bruce explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bruce misses with a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Bruce. Beautiful body shot.
Bruce misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berkovitz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berkovitz misses with an uppercut.
Bruce tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruce tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berkovitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruce.
Bruce lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bruce misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bruce tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce tries to clinch but Berkovitz is having none of it.
Bruce throws a push kick but Berkovitz slaps the foot to one side.
Berkovitz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Berkovitz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Berkovitz misses with a hook
and Bruce connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Berkovitz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bruce misses the jab.
Bruce keeps Berkovitz at a distance using the push kick.
Bruce is looking to land body kicks.
Bruce throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bruce is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Berkovitz rather than just go for the knockout.
Bruce swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruce closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruce stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bruce landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands with a short shot to the head.
Bruce misses with a knee strike.
Berkovitz misses with a body punch.
Bruce misses with the head strike.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Bruce works on Berkovitz's body with a couple of short punches.
Bruce lands with a short shot to the head.
Bruce scores with a shoulder strike.
Berkovitz avoiding damage as Bruce throws knees to the body.
Berkovitz lands with a left to the head.
Bruce pushes Berkovitz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Berkovitz is rocked!
Bruce stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oh Berkovitz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bruce pushes Berkovitz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Berkovitz seems to have got his legs back now.
Bruce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berkovitz blocks it with crossed arms.
Bruce scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruce pushes off an throws an elbow but Berkovitz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Berkovitz blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Bruce on the inside.
Bruce lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands a nice uppercut.
Berkovitz manages to break the clinch.
That kick from Berkovitz tenderised Bruce's leg. Bruce is trying to keep his angry face on.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Berkovitz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce scores with a hook to the body. Berkovitz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice straight punches there by Bruce. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bruce.
Bobby Bruce seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bruce looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Berkovitz throws a right hand that Bruce ducks under and follows up with a left that Bruce also avoids with ease.
Berkovitz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bruce.
Bruce thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Berkovitz if he has to take too many more of those.
Berkovitz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bruce connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Berkovitz's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Berkovitz - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bobby Bruce! Bobby Bruce retains his lightweight title!
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hype
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