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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jean Claude Van Damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Erhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Erhorn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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240 lbs
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255 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jean Claude Van Damm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Erhorn!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damm misses with a wild body shot.
Erhorn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn throws a right and a left that Van Damm avoids nicely.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Van Damm slips a jab and a cross from Erhorn.
Van Damm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Erhorn moves away from the strike by Van Damm.
Matt Erhorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Damm tries to close the distance and clinch but Erhorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Damm doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Van Damm connects with a jab.
It looks like Matt Erhorn has been cut.
Erhorn misses with a wild combination.
Van Damm throws a low kick but Erhorn avoids it.
Van Damm looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Damm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
Erhorn defending well as Van Damm loads up on a big left hand.
Erhorn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damm fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erhorn looks to land a combination but Van Damm avoids it well.
Van Damm looks to throw the jab but Erhorn is out of range.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Van Damm with a series of wild strikes but Van Damm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Damm throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Erhorn looks gassed!
Van Damm throws a sloppy head kick and Erhorn moves out of range easily.
Van Damm clinches up with Erhorn and pushes him back against the cage.
Erhorn managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damm.
Van Damm wants to get back to striking at distance but Erhorn won't allow it.
Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Damm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erhorn's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Erhorn duly obliges.
Erhorn misses with a wild combination.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Van Damm moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Damm.
Erhorn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Decent striking displayed by Van Damm there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Erhorn throws a right hand that Van Damm ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Damm also avoids with ease.
Van Damm misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Van Damm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Erhorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Erhorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Damm.
Van Damm throws a series of punches but Erhorn moves out of range.
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Van Damm misses.
Van Damm pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Damm.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Van Damm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Erhorn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Van Damm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Erhorn was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Damm.
Van Damm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn misses with a double jab.
Van Damm clinches.
Van Damm breaks from the clinch.
Erhorn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Damm throws a quick inside leg kick.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Van Damm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Erhorn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Damm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Damm cracks Erhorn with a good jab.
Van Damm misses the jab.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Erhorn.
Van Damm forces Erhorn back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Damm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Erhorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Damm looks to land a body kick but Erhorn moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Van Damm with a series of wild strikes but Van Damm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Damm looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A swing and a miss from Van Damm.
Van Damm throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Van Damm.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Van Damm avoids them all with ease.
Van Damm looks to land a right hand but Erhorn moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Van Damm.
Van Damm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Van Damm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Damm.
Van Damm fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Erhorn, pushing him back against the cage.
Van Damm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Claude Van Damm dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Erhorn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
No joy there for Erhorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Van Damm with a series of wild strikes but Van Damm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Erhorn misses with a double jab
and Van Damm counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Van Damm bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Erhorn checks the leg kick.
Van Damm scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheers as Van Damm lands an impressive looking overhand right. Erhorn doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Erhorn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Erhorn is rocked!
That has opened up Matt Erhorn's cut even more.
Nice body kick from Van Damm.
Erhorn is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Damm finish him?
Van Damm knocks out Erhorn with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Van Damm before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Van Damm picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jean Claude Van Damm!
Jean Claude Van Damm tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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