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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwight Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takanori Gomi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Self confident
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Excellent boxer
Determined
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dwight Howard!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard misses the jab.
Howard misses with a hook.
Howard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi moves away from the strike by Howard.
Gomi tries to work over Howard's front leg with a kick but Howard checks it.
Gomi throws a low kick, looking for Howard's leg but Howard calmly moves out of range.
Gomi misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Howard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomi.
Howard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Howard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gomi slips under a jab.
Gomi stuns Howard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Howard looks to land a left hand but Gomi moved out of range nicely.
A cross from Howard lands.
Howard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Howard checks a leg kick.
Gomi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomi defending well as Howard loads up on a big left hand.
Gomi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howard.
Howard is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Gomi's shoulder, as Gomi tries to avoid the shot.
Gomi misses with a series of wild punches.
Howard misses with an uppercut.
Gomi swings for the body but Howard moves out of range.
Howard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi moves away from the strike by Howard.
Gomi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Howard with a hook.
Howard throws a big shot that misses.
Gomi slips under a jab.
Gomi misses with an uppercut. Howard saw that one coming.
Howard slips a jab from Gomi.
Gomi motions for Howard to come forward. Gomi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Howard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Howard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gomi moves out of range as Howard strikes.
Gomi swings for the body but Howard moves out of range.
Gomi misses with a looping right.
Howard throws a looping overhand right but Gomi ducks down to avoid it.
Gomi connects with a single shot there.
Gomi throws a low kick, looking for Howard's leg but Howard calmly moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Gomi.
It looks like Dwight Howard has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi misses with an uppercut.
Howard checks a leg kick.
Gomi is looking to score with low kicks.
Howard throws a jab when Gomi was well out of range.
A clash of legs there as Howard blocks the low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Howard connects with a crisp jab.
Howard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gomi is breathing heavily.
Howard throws the left hand but Gomi avoids the punch easily.
Gomi moves out of range of the strikes.
Howard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Howard misses with a hook.
Gomi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Howard was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomi.
Gomi moves away from the strike by Howard.
Howard misses with a hook.
Howard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Howard.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
Howard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Howard misses with an uppercut.
Howard scores with a nice right hand.
Gomi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howard throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Howard blocks the leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Gomi.
Howard misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard misses with a straight right.
Howard misses with a looping right.
Gomi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Howard misses with an uppercut.
Howard throws a jab when Gomi was well out of range.
Gomi swings for the body but Howard moves out of range.
Howard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gomi is rocked!
Gomi is looking to wear down Howard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Howard cracks Gomi with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dwight Howard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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