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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shia Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jay Z - Dig a Hole. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Shia Locke has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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220 lbs
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213 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Stark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shia Locke!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locke tries to clinch there but Stark circles away.
Locke tries to keep at a distance but Stark has taken the fight into the clinch.
Locke struggles to land a body shot inside as Stark controls his hands.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Locke avoids the damage to the body.
Locke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Locke working aggressively here.
Stark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Shia Locke has been cut.
Locke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stark putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Locke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Locke misses with the head strike.
Stark lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Locke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Locke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stark with a knee to the head.
Stark scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Stark on the inside.
Stark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Locke backwards.
Locke is rocked!
Locke misses with a punch to the body.
Stark prevents a body shot from Locke.
Locke avoiding damage as Stark throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Locke gets tackled into the ropes by Stark. Stark maintains the clinch.
Locke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Locke lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Locke avoids it.
Stark scores with a hook to the body.
Locke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stark is leaning against Locke and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Locke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stark drops Locke with a big knee! Will Locke beat the count? Yep, he's up already and we're only at 3... let's see if he's just faking it or if he's actually OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Locke throws a head kick but Stark moves out of range.
Stark has Locke up against the ropes in a clinch.
Stark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Locke backwards.
Locke misses with a punch to the body.
Stark cracks Locke with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stark moves into the clinch successfully.
Stark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Locke blocks the elbow strike.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Stark on the inside.
Stark blocks a body shot from Locke.
Locke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Starks head.
A nice left hand lands by Stark.
Locke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Locke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stark's elbow.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stark.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Stark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke struggles to land a body shot inside as Stark controls his hands.
Stark drops Locke with a big knee! Will Locke beat the count? Yep, he's up already and we're only at 3... let's see if he's just faking it or if he's actually OK.
Locke is still on wobbly legs! Can Stark finish him?
Locke swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Locke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Locke seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Locke throws a head kick that misses
and Stark counters with a good, hard body kick but Locke shrugs it off.
Locke keeps the fight on the outside.
Stark tries to clinch up but Locke circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shia Locke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark blocks a head kick by Locke.
Locke looks to score with a jab to the body but Stark is just out of range.
Stark closes the distance and pushes Locke back into the ropes.
Stark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stark stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Locke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stark has him pressed against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark crunches a lovely knee into Locke's ribcage.
Locke looks gassed!
Stark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stark moves into range and clinches up with Locke.
Locke can't find room to land a body shot as Stark controls the action.
Locke working aggressively here.
Locke taking a breather.
Locke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stark prevents a body shot from Locke.
Stark unloads a knee to the mid-section. Locke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stark.
Stark is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stark.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stark.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Stark.
Stark lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Stark.
Stark unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Locke's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Stark takes that one as he scored multiple knockdowns. Shia Locke was lucky to get out of the first round.
The cut man is working on Shia Locke's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Locke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark closes the distance and clinches.
Stark presses Locke against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Locke is looking to break free of the clinch but Stark has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Locke.
Stark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Stark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stark tries a knee to the head but Locke blocks it.
Stark breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Locke with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Locke looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Locke get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark tries to clinch up but Locke circles away and keeps his distance.
Stark has Locke up against the ropes in a clinch.
Stark putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Locke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stark lands a good knee to the midsection. Locke won't want to take too many of those.
Stark digs a right hand into Locke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Locke's gas tank.
Stark lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Locke backwards.
Locke is breathing heavily.
Stark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stark fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark dances in with a quick combination. Locke is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Stark snaps Locke's head back. Locke stumbles backwards against the ropes. Stark steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Locke's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Locke just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thomas Stark!
Thomas Stark retains his light heavyweight title!
After the fight, Thomas Stark was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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