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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Douglas Ramokgadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kid Overeem told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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175 lbs
2 - 7 - 0 |
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160 cm
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145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Good kicks
Heavy handed
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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
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Douglas Ramokgadi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kid Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem lands a high kick!
Overeem fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Overeem gets tackled into the ropes by Ramokgadi. Ramokgadi maintains the clinch.
Overeem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ramokgadi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Overeem is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramokgadi has double underhooks.
Ramokgadi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramokgadi is looking to break free of the clinch but Overeem has double underhooks.
Ramokgadi managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Ramokgadi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Overeem tries to break free but Ramokgadi pushes him back against the ropes.
Overeem is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Overeem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Overeem is trying to force a seperation but Ramokgadi has the dominant position.
Overeem misses with an elbow strike.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramokgadi manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Ramokgadi - just one landing.
Ramokgadi has closed the distance and engaged Overeem in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramokgadi lands with a right to the head.
Ramokgadi keeps control of Overeem as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ramokgadi blocks it with crossed arms.
Ramokgadi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramokgadi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ramokgadi clinches up with Overeem and pushes him back against the ropes.
Ramokgadi is trying to break free.
Overeem is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Ramokgadi.
Overeem is trying to break free.
A right handed body shot lands from Ramokgadi.
Ramokgadi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ramokgadi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramokgadi.
A right handed body shot lands from Ramokgadi.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overeem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ramokgadi.
Ramokgadi lands a left hand.
Overeem trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramokgadi tries to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling the position.
Ramokgadi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ramokgadi is trying to push Overeem away but Overeem has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Ramokgadi avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramokgadi avoids it.
Ramokgadi slowing the pace effectively.
Ramokgadi is trying to break free.
Ramokgadi is working Overeem over against the ropes.
Ramokgadi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramokgadi is trying to force a seperation but Overeem has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Ramokgadi.
Ramokgadi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ramokgadi darts in and clinches Overeem up against the ropes.
Ramokgadi managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Overeem takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Ramokgadi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ramokgadi.
Overeem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ramokgadi is defending well for now.
Ramokgadi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Ramokgadi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Overeem looks gassed!
Ramokgadi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Overeem fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramokgadi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Overeem walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Overeem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramokgadi clinches.
Ramokgadi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ramokgadi tries to break free but Overeem pushes him back against the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ramokgadi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ramokgadi avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramokgadi lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Ramokgadi.
Overeem keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ramokgadi's efforts to push away.
Ramokgadi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.
Ramokgadi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ramokgadi clinches up with Overeem and pushes him back against the ropes.
Ramokgadi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ramokgadi checks a leg kick.
Ramokgadi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Overeem takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Overeem is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overeem walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Douglas Ramokgadi!
Our winner, Douglas Ramokgadi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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