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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alan Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cheick Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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188 cm
32
250 lbs
16 - 7 - 1 |
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193 cm
34
240 lbs
26 - 10 - 0 |
Great elbows
Insanely flexible
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Alan Cobra! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cheick Kongo! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cobra checks a leg kick. Cobra slips under a jab from Kongo. Kongo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobra. Cobra misses the shot to the body. Kongo tests Cobra's chin there with a solid looking shot. No joy there for Cobra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab from Kongo. Cobra lands a really nice looking cross but Kongo seems unphased.
Cobra checks a leg kick. Cobra cracks Kongo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes. A jab from Kongo misses. Kongo tries to clinch up but Cobra circles away and keeps his distance. Kongo swings away with a leg kick that misses. Cobra swats away the attempt to clinch by Kongo. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Cobra lands a slapping body shot.
Cobra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kongo moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Cobra thows a body shot but no joy. Kongo avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cobra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kongo throws a wild body kick that Cobra sees coming a mile off. Cobra connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kongo's hands. An inside leg kick lands from Kongo. Kongo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cobra will feel that in the morning. Cobra tries to clinch but Kongo is having none of it. A leg kick checked by Cobra. Kongo scores with a push kick. A nice leg kick lands there from Kongo. Kongo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. 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! Cobra throws a head kick that misses. Kongo delivers a nice body kick. Cobra throws a jab when Kongo was well out of range. Kongo throws a head kick that half lands.
Kongo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Cobra takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cobra is breathing heavily. Kongo scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A chopping leg kick lands by Kongo. Kongo throws a leg kick that misses. Kongo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cobra in his tracks. A slapping body kick lands there for Kongo. Kongo misses with a kick to the body.
Cobra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kongo counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice shot by Kongo. A solid body kick from Kongo. Kongo scoring well with a low kick there.
Kongo throws a nice inside leg kick. Kongo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kongo lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Kongo scores with a punch to the head. Kongo throws a low kick but Cobra avoids it. Cobra is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Kongo wants to slow Cobra down by chopping away at his legs. Cobra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cheick Kongo dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kongo. Kongo misses with a wild combination.
Kongo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Cobra takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Kongo darts in and clinches Cobra up against the ropes. Cobra will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Kongo working some nice short punches in the clinch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kongo as Cobra tries to tie him up. Nice body punch from Cobra. Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Kongo breaks the clinch.
Kongo misses with a body kick. A punch lands to the side of Kongo 's head but he takes it in his stride. Kongo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Kongo closes the distance and lands a one-two. Kongo connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Cobra's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Cobra - 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 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Cheick Kongo! Cheick Kongo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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