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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Arnaud Chamakh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Crope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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306 lbs
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arnaud Chamakh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trent Crope!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crope connects with a body shot.
Chamakh misses with a double jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Chamakh blocks the leg kick.
Crope throws a series of punches but Chamakh avoids them all with ease.
Crope misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crope keeps the fight on the outside.
Chamakh wants to clinch up but Crope keeps it at a distance.
Good leg kick by Crope there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice body kick from Crope.
Crope throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chamakh.
Nice defenses there by Crope.
Chamakh walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chamakh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Chamakh does no damage.
Chamakh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crope can pounce on him.
Chamakh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Crope.
Chamakh tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Crope manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crope throws a sloppy head kick and Chamakh moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Chamakh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crope is looking to clinch but Chamakh is avoiding it.
Crope pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crope wants to land a leg kick but Chamakh is out of range.
Chamakh moves to clinch but Crope breaks away
and Crope counters with a body kick.
Crope looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chamakh wants to clinch but Crope slips to the side
and Crope counters with a solid body kick.
Crope swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crope keeps the fight on the outside.
Crope has closed the distance and engaged Chamakh in a clinch.
Crope makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chamakh connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Trent Crope has been cut.
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!
Chamakh misses with a knee strike.
A short body shot lands from Crope as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chamakh is breathing heavily.
Crope lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Arnaud Chamakh has been cut.
Crope taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crope throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chamakh takes an elbow to the forehead.
Crope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crope with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crope avoids the head kick by Chamakh.
Chamakh takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chamakh looks to clinch
and Crope counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Chamakh is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Chamakh wants to clinch.
Chamakh has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Chamakh there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chamakh takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh blocks a head kick by Crope.
Crope lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Crope looks to throw the jab but Chamakh is out of range.
Chamakh throws a head kick that misses.
Chamakh swinging wildly here.
Crope misses with a wild combination.
Crope takes the fight into the clinch.
Chamakh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crope avoids it.
Crope avoiding damage as Chamakh throws knees to the body.
Crope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crope avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh throws a series of strikes that have Crope backpedaling.
A jab from Crope does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crope moves into the clinch.
Chamakh landing knees to the head.
Chamakh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crope is keeping busy.
Crope is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Crope prevents Chamakh from breaking the clinch.
Chamakh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chamakh breaks from the clinch.
Chamakh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crope cracks the inside of Chamakh's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chamakh closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crope counters with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trent Crope dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Chamakh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Crope clinches.
Crope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chamakh looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Crope tries a head kick but it misses.
Crope throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A shot to the liver by Crope. Beautiful body shot.
Chamakh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crope moves away.
Crope throws a head kick but Chamakh moves out of range.
Chamakh throws a right and a left that Crope avoids nicely.
Chamakh tries to clinch up but Crope circles away and keeps his distance.
Chamakh doesn't manage to clinch there - Crope circles away.
Chamakh darts in trying to clinch
and Crope counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Crope scores with a push kick.
Crope lands with a nice combination. Chamakh backs away looking to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crope lands with an uppercut that bounces Chamakh off the ropes and back into range.
Crope throws a head kick that misses.
Crope explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Crope lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chamakh takes a step back to recover.
Crope pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Crope. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Crope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chamakh tries to close the distance and clinch but Crope swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crope lets loose with a powerful body kick. Chamakh will feel that in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crope buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crope lands a front kick.
Arnaud Chamakh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chamakh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Crope.
Crope digs a good body shot into Chamakh's ribs.
Chamakh ducks right into an uppercut from Crope.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crope tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick from Crope lands but Chamakh takes it in his stride.
Chamakh tries to clinch but Crope moves out of range.
Crope throws the kick towards the body but Chamakh avoids it.
Crope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chamakh.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crope has Chamakh up against the ropes in a clinch.
Crope scores a nice knee to the body.
Crope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crope misses with a kick to the body.
Chamakh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crope swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trent Crope seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crope scores with a nice body kick.
Crope misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crope throws a head kick that half lands.
Chamakh takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Crope throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chamakh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chamakh will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Chamakh throws a right and a left that Crope avoids nicely.
Chamakh misses with a double jab.
Chamakh on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Crope thows a body shot but no joy.
Crope pushes Chamakh up against the ropes in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chamakh tries a head kick but it misses.
Crope dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chamakh. That did some damage!
Chamakh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crope connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crope lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Crope tries a head kick but it misses.
Chamakh moves out of range of the body kick.
Crope misses with a two punch combination.
Crope throws a good cross that connects.
Crope pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crope closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Chamakh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chamakh is looking to clinch.
Crope fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chamakh, pushing him back against the ropes.
Chamakh could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chamakh looking to slow down the pace here.
Crope has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chamakh.
Chamakh breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trent Crope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Crope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chamakh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crope circles away quickly and effectively.
Chamakh pushes Crope up against the ropes in a clinch.
Crope landing knees to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Chamakh looking to throw knees to the head but Crope is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crope.
A knee to the head by Crope.
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!
Crope stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Crope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crope lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Crope moves into range and clinches up with Chamakh.
Crope landing knees to the head.
Crope breaks from the clinch.
Chamakh blocks a head kick by Crope.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crope bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chamakh's head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chamakh tries a knee to the head but Crope blocks it.
Chamakh misses with a knee strike.
Crope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crope lands a front kick.
Chamakh takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Crope lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chamakh's sensitive parts.
Chamakh takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crope lands with a slapping head kick.
Crope throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Chamakh forces Crope back against the ropes and clinches.
Crope manages to break the clinch.
Crope scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh blocks a head kick by Crope.
Chamakh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crope avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crope fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chamakh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chamakh moves to clinch but Crope breaks away
and Crope counters with a good, hard body kick but Chamakh shrugs it off.
Chamakh tries to clinch up but Crope circles away and keeps his distance.
Chamakh gets tackled into the ropes by Crope. Crope maintains the clinch.
Chamakh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crope lands an elbow inside.
Crope throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crope throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chamakh blocks it with crossed arms.
Chamakh is looking to control Crope's arms but Crope gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chamakh has his back to the ropes.
Chamakh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chamakh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crope has him pressed against the ropes.
Trent Crope seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh scores with a shot to the side of Crope's head.
A short right from Crope.
Crope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Chamakh.
Chamakh looks to clinch
and Crope counters with a good, hard body kick but Chamakh shrugs it off.
Chamakh takes one to the side of the head.
Chamakh wants to clinch up but Crope keeps it at a distance.
Crope throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Arnaud Chamakh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crope lands a head kick. Chamakh smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chamakh looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crope fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crope has managed to clinch.
Crope is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chamakh is keeping busy.
Chamakh tries to circle away but Crope has him pinned against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chamakh looking to stall.
Crope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crope clinches with his opponent.
Chamakh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chamakh misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Crope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chamakh's brow.
Chamakh tries a knee to the head but Crope blocks it.
Chamakh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chamakh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trent Crope is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crope lands a nice hook to Chamakh's body. Chamakh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chamakh misses with a double jab
and Crope counters with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Crope comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crope has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trent Crope!
A less than humble Trent Crope misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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