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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dirk Raeder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belial Zaapiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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147 lbs
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155 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
World class MT
Cardio machine
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dirk Raeder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Belial Zaapiel!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaapiel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Raeder misses with a series of wild punches.
Raeder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaapiel.
Zaapiel takes a swing at Raeder's ribcage but misses.
Zaapiel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zaapiel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raeder wants to clinch but Zaapiel slips to the side
and Zaapiel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Raeder thinking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zaapiel.
Raeder tries to clinch but Zaapiel is having none of it.
Raeder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaapiel.
Zaapiel moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Zaapiel.
Raeder tries to clinch up but Zaapiel circles away and keeps his distance.
Raeder is looking to clinch but Zaapiel is avoiding it.
Zaapiel swats away the attempt to clinch by Raeder.
Raeder moves to clinch but Zaapiel breaks away
and Zaapiel counters with a slapping leg kick.
A solid body kick from Raeder.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaapiel darts in and clinches Raeder up against the ropes.
Raeder is trying to stall.
Raeder pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Zaapiel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Zaapiel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raeder misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaapiel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Dirk Raeder has been cut.
Raeder pushes off an throws an elbow but Zaapiel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Zaapiel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raeder blocks it with crossed arms.
Zaapiel lands an elbow just above Raeder 's eye.
Zaapiel blocks an elbow strike from Raeder.
Raeder looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaapiel throws an elbow but it misses.
Zaapiel blocks an elbow strike from Raeder.
Zaapiel effectively controlling the action here.
Zaapiel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raeder's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaapiel is struggling to control the position.
Zaapiel lands a nice elbow.
Raeder looking to slow down the pace here.
Raeder trying to land knees to the body.
Zaapiel misses with a body punch.
Raeder misses with a punch on the inside.
Raeder lands a body shot.
Raeder working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaapiel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raeder backwards.
Raeder managing to block the knees to the body from Zaapiel.
Raeder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaapiel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raeder's efforts to push away.
Zaapiel lands an uppercut.
Zaapiel tries a knee to the head but Raeder blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Belial Zaapiel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Raeder's cut.
That's time! Raeder's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Raeder closes the distance but Zaapiel moves to the side
and Zaapiel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raeder doesn't manage to clinch there - Zaapiel circles away.
A good leg kick by Zaapiel.
Zaapiel connects with a crisp jab.
A left lands for Raeder.
Zaapiel misses with a body shot.
Raeder tries to close the distance and clinch but Zaapiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raeder tries to clinch up
letting Zaapiel counter with a right hand.
Raeder tries to clinch up.
Raeder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zaapiel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice cross by Zaapiel.
Raeder swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zaapiel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raeder is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaapiel scores with a body shot.
Oh Raeder is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raeder tries to clinch up
and Zaapiel counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raeder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Raeder moves to clinch but Zaapiel breaks away
and Zaapiel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raeder stalks Zaapiel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zaapiel's face. Zaapiel staggers backwards, shaken.
Raeder is looking to land body kicks.
Zaapiel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zaapiel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaapiel connects with a right hand. Raeder shakes it off.
Raeder tries to clinch but Zaapiel is having none of it.
Raeder closes the distance but Zaapiel moves to the side
and Zaapiel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Raeder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zaapiel counters with a straight right that drops Raeder to the canvas! Will Raeder beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Belial Zaapiel!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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