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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hamilton's choice of entrance music: Bonfire. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Richard Hamilton enters the ring!
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190 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm
27
205 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily
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Excellent boxer
Determined
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior Dos Santos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Hamilton! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hamilton blocks a jab. Dos Santos is looking to clinch. Dos Santos thows a left - swing and a miss! Nice defenses there by Hamilton. Hamilton throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Dos Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hamilton's hands. Hamilton fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dos Santos on the side of the head. Dos Santos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Dos Santos forces Hamilton back against the ropes and clinches. Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Hamilton misses. Hamilton throws a jab when Dos Santos was well out of range. Richard Hamilton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hamilton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hamilton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Hamilton throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease. Dos Santos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Dos Santos digs a good body shot into Hamilton's ribs. Dos Santos lands a head shot. Hamilton takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dos Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hamilton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Hamilton throws an overhand right that lands on Dos Santos's shoulder, as Dos Santos tries to avoid the shot. A slow jab from Dos Santos misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Hamilton.
Hamilton looks gassed! Dos Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Hamilton's shoulder, as Hamilton tries to avoid the shot. Dos Santos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Dos Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Hamilton misses with a wild combination.
Hamilton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Dos Santos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Dos Santos digs a good hook to Hamilton's body.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hamilton misses with a left hand letting Dos Santos counter with a right hand. Dos Santos cracks Hamilton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hamilton is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Dos Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Dos Santos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Hamilton is still on wobbly legs! Can Dos Santos finish him? Dos Santos cracks Hamilton with a good jab. Dos Santos connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Hamilton's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Hamilton - 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 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Junior Dos Santos! A relieved looking Junior Dos Santos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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