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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Kirby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Boban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirby comes to the cage accompanied by Forgot about dre.. Boban has chosen Ana Tijoux - 1977 as his entrance music. Mirko Boban acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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34
199 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
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182 cm
29
184 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mirko Boban!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boban misses with a wild body shot.
Kirby swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kirby uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
John Kirby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirby attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kirby throws a looping overhand right but Boban ducks down to avoid it.
Boban slips under a jab.
Kirby just misses with a punch to the body.
Kirby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boban sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kirby throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boban avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kirby scores with a shot to the body.
Kirby lands an overhand right.
Boban takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kirby works Boban's body with a nice hook.
Kirby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boban was well out of range. Poor timing from Kirby.
Boban closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kirby is trying to force a seperation but Boban has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boban lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boban tries to work over Kirby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boban stalling against the cage.
Boban keeps control of Kirby as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kirby gets through Boban's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kirby breaks from the clinch.
Kirby misses with a hook to the body
and Boban counters with a solid body kick.
Boban is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kirby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boban moves away.
Boban keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kirby fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kirby throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Kirby. Those never looked like landing.
Boban on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kirby scores with a body shot.
Kirby throws a jab but it's blocked by Boban.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kirby misses with a combination
and Boban counters with a head kick.
Kirby cracks Boban with a good jab.
Kirby throws a body punch but Boban moves out of range.
Boban blocks a low kick nicely.
Kirby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boban shoots in looking for a takedown but Kirby manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Boban's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Boban tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kirby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kirby misses with a wild combination.
Kirby misses with a two punch combination.
Kirby throws a poor cross that misses
and Boban counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kirby's knee momentarily.
Boban has managed to clinch.
Kirby is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boban takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kirby throws out a loose jab but Boban uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirby throws a lazy right hand but Boban sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
John Kirby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boban throws a shot to the body.
Kirby comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kirby connects with a right hand. Boban shakes it off.
Boban feints and then cracks Kirby's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kirby down.
Kirby misses with a hook. Boban ducked under it nicely.
Boban displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kirby throws out the jab.
Kirby lands with an uppercut that bounces Boban off the cage and back into range.
Boban tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kirby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boban tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirby was well out of range. Poor timing from Boban.
Kirby looks to land a left hand but Boban moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Kirby does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kirby dodges the punch combination from Boban.
Kirby swings away with a body shot that misses
and Boban counters with a low kick, right behind Kirby 's knee.
Kirby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kirby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kirby misses with a combination
and Boban counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kirby's knee momentarily.
Boban takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kirby slips under a jab.
Boban misses with a low kick as Kirby jumps back.
Kirby lands a nice shot to the body.
Boban walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boban takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boban takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kirby connects with the punch.
Boban shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kirby dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kirby throws a right and a left that Boban avoids nicely.
Boban shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kirby eats them both and turns towards Boban to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kirby connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Boban momentarily.
Boban defending well as Kirby loads up on a big left hand.
Boban misses with a body shot.
Kirby cracks Boban with a good jab.
Boban walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kirby is pawing at Boban, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Boban's nose. Boban is badly hurt! Kirby pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Boban tries desperately to hold on but Kirby is relentless in his assault! As Boban receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Kirby away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Kirby!
John Kirby looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I love it guys! I'm not retiring until I'm 45! I do this because I enjoy it! I love my fans, and thank you for sticking with me!'.
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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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