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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David comes into a darkened arena with his song building. PRINCE RAMA - RAGHUPATI kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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144 lbs
10 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
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152 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry David!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird throws a head kick but David moves out of range.
David throws a series of punches but Bird moves out of range.
David throws a head kick but Bird moves out of range.
David scores with a push kick.
David will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
David swats away the attempt to clinch by Bird.
David throws a front kick that sends Bird stumbling back into the ropes.
A combination from David does no damage.
David is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
David throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bird throws the left hand but David avoids the punch easily.
David looks to score with a jab to the body but Bird is just out of range.
Bird keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bird on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by David. David obviously looking to wear him down.
Bird ducks down and throws a hook to the body but David moves away.
A big left from David misses.
David keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bird tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bird blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
David lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bird landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bird throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but David blocks it with crossed arms.
Bird has David pressed against the ropes, preventing David from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bird prevents a body shot from David.
Bird crunches a lovely knee into David's ribcage.
David misses with a shot to the kidneys.
David misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bird lands with a short punch from the clinch.
David is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bird is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, David throws an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bird is pushing David up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
David lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bird backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bird throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Davids head.
Bird lands with a short head shot on the inside.
David misses with a punch to the body.
David manages to break the clinch.
David fails to land with a series of punches.
Bird staying out of range there.
Bird pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David throws a nice inside leg kick.
David looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bird connects with a crisp jab.
David tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bird is able to avoid easily.
Bird thows a body shot but no joy.
Bird is looking to clinch.
Bird tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
David throws a wild body kick that Bird sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David feints a jab promting Bird to slip. David then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bird slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
David thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bird if he has to take too many more of those.
David pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David scores with a sloppy right hand. Bird should have avoided that one.
David uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bird.
A big right from Bird misses.
David misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bird checks the leg kick nicely there.
David throws a sloppy head kick and Bird moves out of range easily.
Bird tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
David chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bird uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
David swinging wildly here.
A lazy left from Bird finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as David throws out the jab.
The crowd cheers as Bird lands an impressive looking overhand right. David doesn't seem phased though.
David goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bird slips under a jab from David.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bird.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bird. David does a little dance to reset his feet.
David throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bird scores with a punch to the head.
David falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Bird counter with a right hand.
David misses with the body kick
and Bird counters with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bird pushes David up against the ropes in a clinch.
David lands with a short shot to the head.
David throws an elbow that misses.
Bird blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bird dodges an elbow strike from David.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Larry David will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bird scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bird has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from David.
David wants to slow Bird down by chopping away at his legs.
Larry David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bird looks to score with a jab to the body but David is just out of range.
David has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bird.
David shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
David throws a combination that misses
and Bird counters with a nice uppercut.
David digs a good hook to Bird's body.
David does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bird looking to land some kicks to the body here.
David sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
David throws a series of punches but Bird avoids them all with ease.
Bird stuns David with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
David throws a push kick but Bird slaps the foot to one side.
Bird throws a leg kick
and David counters with a low kick, right behind Bird 's knee.
David throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird tries to clinch up.
Bird feints and then cracks David's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow David down.
Bird slips a straight right by David.
David moves out of range of the strikes.
Bird misses with a looping right.
Bird throws a wild body kick that David sees coming a mile off.
Bird closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bird blocks an uppercut.
David with a knee to the head.
Bird blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Bird.
David lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Come on Bird - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bird lands an elbow just above David 's eye.
David tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bird's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David tries to work over Bird's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bird creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of David backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bird tries a body shot but David blocks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bird putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has David in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from Bird.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for David.
Bird prevents a body shot from David.
David with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Bird avoids the damage to the body.
David can't find room to land a body shot as Bird controls the action.
David blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bird lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of David backwards.
David lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Bird putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has David in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bird goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
David blocks an elbow strike from Bird.
David tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird has David pushed against the ropes.
Bird lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bird has David pressed against the ropes, preventing David from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
William Bird has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Bird fails to land.
Bird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. David is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Bird.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, David just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bird's brow.
David breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
David blocks a jab.
Bird misses with a straight right.
Bird throws a nice head kick!
David is rocked!
David glances at the clock... BAM! Bird nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends David crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, David is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). William Bird!
William Bird retains his featherweight title!
In his post fight interview, William Bird gave a big smile as he said 'I am the greatest KT fighter of all time! There is noone in 135 lbs or 145 lbs that even come close to my level. If you disagree, I welcome you into the ring where you will receive a fistful of pain!'.
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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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