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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tak Sin Thanarat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Von Matterhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Matterhorn has chosen Sharp Dressed Man as his entrance music. Lorenzo Von Matterhorn has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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283 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tak Sin Thanarat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Von Matterhorn!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Matterhorn misses the jab.
Von Matterhorn misses with a kick to the body.
Von Matterhorn moves into range and clinches up with Thanarat.
Thanarat blocking some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Von Matterhorn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thanarat presses Von Matterhorn against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Von Matterhorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thanarat tries a knee to the head but Von Matterhorn blocks it.
Von Matterhorn prevents Thanarat from breaking the clinch.
Von Matterhorn wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thanarat.
Von Matterhorn misses with a punch on the inside.
Von Matterhorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Thanarat.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thanarat.
Thanarat keeps control of Von Matterhorn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thanarat lands a shoulder strike.
Thanarat tries to stall but Von Matterhorn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thanarat is working Von Matterhorn over against the ropes.
Von Matterhorn tries to work over Thanarat's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Von Matterhorn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thanarat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thanarat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thanarat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Von Matterhorn moves away.
Von Matterhorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Von Matterhorn checks a low kick from Thanarat.
Thanarat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Von Matterhorn throws a head kick that misses.
Von Matterhorn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thanarat is out of range.
Von Matterhorn connects with a crisp jab.
Von Matterhorn misses with a body shot.
Von Matterhorn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thanarat lands with a nice body punch.
Thanarat tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Von Matterhorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thanarat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Von Matterhorn on the side of the head.
Von Matterhorn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Von Matterhorn tries to land a front kick but Thanarat steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thanarat throws a low kick but Von Matterhorn avoids it.
Von Matterhorn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thanarat walks forward, straight into a front kick from Von Matterhorn.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Von Matterhorn - that will leave a mark!
Thanarat is breathing heavily.
Von Matterhorn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Von Matterhorn throws a solid leg kick but Thanarat takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thanarat moves out of range of the body kick from Von Matterhorn.
Tak Sin Thanarat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Thanarat as he connects with a hook.
Thanarat blocks the body kick.
Von Matterhorn lands a jab to Thanarat's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Von Matterhorn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thanarat.
Thanarat avoids a kick to the body.
Von Matterhorn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thanarat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Matterhorn.
Thanarat tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Von Matterhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thanarat slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Thanarat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Von Matterhorn.
Thanarat has Von Matterhorn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Von Matterhorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Von Matterhorn.
Thanarat looking to stall.
Von Matterhorn gets through Thanarat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thanarat is struggling to control the position.
Thanarat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thanarat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Von Matterhorn looking to slow down the pace here.
Von Matterhorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thanarat struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Matterhorn controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Thanarat just misses with a elbow thrown towards Von Matterhorn's brow.
Thanarat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Matterhorn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thanarat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Von Matterhorn.
A head punch on the inside from Thanarat fails to land.
Von Matterhorn swings wildly with an uppercut but Thanarat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Matterhorn lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Von Matterhorn works on Thanarat's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Von Matterhorn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Von Matterhorn scores with a shot to the side of Thanarat's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thanarat as Von Matterhorn tries to tie him up.
Von Matterhorn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thanarat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Von Matterhorn lands a nice shot to the body.
Von Matterhorn cracks Thanarat with a good jab.
It looks like Tak Sin Thanarat has been cut.
Von Matterhorn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thanarat was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Matterhorn.
Thanarat on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Von Matterhorn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thanarat tries to clinch but Von Matterhorn moves out of range.
Thanarat takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Von Matterhorn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Von Matterhorn with a nice cross.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thanarat crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Von Matterhorn - the referee stops the clock and Thanarat gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Von Matterhorn. Thanarat manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tak Sin Thanarat's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Von Matterhorn throws a body punch but Thanarat moves out of range.
Thanarat moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Matterhorn. Thanarat does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thanarat misses with a straight right.
Von Matterhorn misses with an uppercut. Thanarat saw that one coming.
Von Matterhorn looks to throw a body kick
and Thanarat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Von Matterhorn blocks the body kick.
Von Matterhorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thanarat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Von Matterhorn clinches up against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thanarat prevents Von Matterhorn from breaking the clinch.
Von Matterhorn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Matterhorn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thanarat up against the ropes.
Von Matterhorn digs a right hand underneath Thanarat's ribcage. Thanarat let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn is stalling here.
Von Matterhorn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thanarat or not.
Von Matterhorn lands a hook that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thanarat blocks a body shot from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn is trying to stall.
Good body shot from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Von Matterhorn stalling the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn is trying to maintain a safe position but Thanarat gets an underhook and turns Von Matterhorn into the ropes.
A short uppercut from Thanarat.
Von Matterhorn breaks the clinch.
Von Matterhorn fakes the leg kick and cracks Thanarat in the body.
Thanarat gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Von Matterhorn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thanarat in his tracks.
Von Matterhorn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Von Matterhorn tries a low kick but Thanarat avoids it.
Von Matterhorn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thanarat manages to avoid it.
Von Matterhorn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thanarat's hands.
Von Matterhorn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Von Matterhorn moves out of range as Thanarat strikes.
Nice shot by Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn throws a leg kick which misses Thanarat's front leg but catches the back leg as Thanarat tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tak Sin Thanarat's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Von Matterhorn connects with a nice looking jab.
A leg kick checked by Thanarat.
Thanarat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thanarat scores with a jab to the body.
Von Matterhorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thanarat.
Von Matterhorn tries a head kick but it misses.
Thanarat swinging wildly here.
Thanarat tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Von Matterhorn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Von Matterhorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Matterhorn misses with a punch to the body.
Von Matterhorn working aggressively here.
Von Matterhorn tries to throw a body punch but Thanarat avoids it by throwing Von Matterhorn back against the ropes.
Thanarat taking a breather.
Von Matterhorn blocking some punches.
Von Matterhorn has a couple of punches blocked by Thanarat.
Von Matterhorn pushes Thanarat back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Von Matterhorn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Von Matterhorn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thanarat is trying to stall.
Von Matterhorn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thanarat backwards.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Von Matterhorn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Von Matterhorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Matterhorn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thanarat throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Matterhorn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Von Matterhorn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Von Matterhorn throws a head kick that misses.
Von Matterhorn checks a low kick from Thanarat.
Thanarat takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Von Matterhorn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Von Matterhorn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Von Matterhorn misses with a looping left.
Thanarat moves out of range of the body kick from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thanarat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Matterhorn.
Von Matterhorn throws a jab but it's blocked by Thanarat.
Thanarat fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Von Matterhorn is out of range.
Thanarat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Von Matterhorn dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Tak Sin Thanarat's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Thanarat throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Von Matterhorn moves away from the strike by Thanarat.
Thanarat looks to land a right hand but Von Matterhorn moved out of range.
Thanarat tries to clinch up but Von Matterhorn circles away and keeps his distance.
Von Matterhorn looks low and kicks high, catching Thanarat right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
Thanarat is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Matterhorn is stalking his opponent - BOOM! Switch kick out of nowhere! Thanarat is not moving; he is out cold!! Wow, what a quick finish that was.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lorenzo Von Matterhorn!
During a confident post fight interview, Lorenzo Von Matterhorn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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