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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Manny Horowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Pericic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pericic has chosen T.N.T as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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204 lbs
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175 cm
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210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Excellent MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manny Horowitz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge Pericic! The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pericic clinches with his opponent.
Pericic manages to break the clinch.
Horowitz lands a two punch combo.
Pericic clinches with his opponent.
Pericic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. A combination from Horowitz does no damage. A big right from Pericic misses. Some wild striking there from Pericic.
Pericic tries to close the distance and clinch but Horowitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Pericic throws a head kick that misses. Pericic walks into a jab. Horowitz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Horowitz. A combination from Horowitz does no damage. Pericic clinches. Horowitz could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Pericic cracks Horowitz with a nice body shot. Horowitz is breathing heavily. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Pericic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Horowitzs head. Pericic lands a hook to the side of the head. Pericic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pericic throws a series of strikes that have Horowitz backpedaling.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fight moves into the clinch position. A body shot lands from Pericic.
Pericic lands a body punch in the clinch. A short uppercut from Pericic. Good body shot from Pericic.
Pericic is working Horowitz over against the ropes. A right hand to the body from Pericic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Pericic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Pericic moves into the clinch successfully.
Pericic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Horowitz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Pericic breaks the clinch.
Pericic swings for the body but Horowitz moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Pericic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Pericic tests Horowitz's chin there with a solid looking shot. Pericic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pericic lands a body punch in the clinch. Pericic is leaning against Horowitz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. A left hand lands to the body for Pericic.
Pericic lands a shot to the body. Good body shot from Pericic.
Pericic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. That kick from Pericic tenderised Horowitz's leg. Horowitz is trying to keep his angry face on. Horowitz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pericic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Horowitz. Pericic pushes Horowitz up against the ropes in a clinch. A hook to the body from Pericic.
Pericic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Pericic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Pericic as the two fighters clinch.
Pericic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Pericic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pericic lands with a slapping head kick. Horowitz tries to keep at a distance but Pericic has taken the fight into the clinch. Pericic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pericic clinches. Pericic lands a shot to the body. Pericic lands a nice shot to the body. Pericic lands a body shot. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A hook to the body from Pericic.
Pericic manages to break the clinch.
Pericic fails to land with a series of punches.
Pericic scores with a slapping inside leg kick. A swing and a miss from Pericic. Pericic rushes Horowitz and presses him up against the ropes. A hook to the body from Pericic.
Pericic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Horowitz moves forwards but Pericic connects with a nice, crisp jab. Pericic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Horowitz, pushing him back against the ropes. A short body shot lands from Pericic as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from Pericic.
Pericic lands an uppercut.
Horowitz is rocked! Pericic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Horowitz. Oh Horowitz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Pericic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Horowitz. Pericic lands with a short head shot on the inside. Pericic digs a right hand underneath Horowitz's ribcage. Horowitz let out a lung full of air as it connected. Pericic breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Horowitz with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Horowitz looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Horowitz get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jorge Pericic! During a confident post fight interview, Jorge Pericic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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