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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Lilburne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamus McDermid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lilburne comes to the ring accompanied by You'll never walk alone. McDermid is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Drunken Scotsman - The Irish Rovers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
30
218 lbs
26 - 19 - 0 |
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195 cm
30
222 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
World class MT
Very quick
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Great elbows
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Lilburne! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shamus McDermid! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lilburne.
Lilburne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. McDermid misses with an uppercut. Lilburne saw that one coming. McDermid darts in and clinches Lilburne up against the ropes. A short right from Lilburne on the inside. McDermid lands with a short head shot on the inside. McDermid blocks an elbow strike. Lilburne blocking some punches.
Lilburne blocks the elbow strike.
Lilburne gets through McDermid's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. McDermid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lilburne's defenses. Lilburne lands a right hand that snaps the head of McDermid backwards. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lilburne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lilburne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McDermid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDermid blocks an elbow strike. McDermid managing to block the knees to the body from Lilburne.
McDermid blocks a body shot from Lilburne. Lilburne lands a nice elbow. Lilburne avoiding damage as McDermid throws knees to the body.
Lilburne dodges an elbow strike from McDermid.
McDermid misses with a short punch on the inside. Lilburne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short left from McDermid. McDermid trying to land knees to the body.
McDermid avoids the elbow strike from Lilburne, against the ropes.
McDermid misses with an elbow strike.
Lilburne scores with a shoulder strike. McDermid trying to stall but Lilburne improves his position.
Lilburne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McDermid is defending well for now. McDermid throws an elbow but it misses.
Lilburne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDermid pushes Lilburne away with a front kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by McDermid!
McDermid has closed the distance and engaged Lilburne in a clinch.
McDermid missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lilburne. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lilburne. Lilburne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. A short body shot lands from Lilburne as the two fighters clinch.
McDermid looks winded! McDermid takes a shot to the head. Nice body punch from Lilburne - that landed with a thud.
Lilburne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Lilburne breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lilburne throws a front kick to the face that drops McDermid face first to the mat! Oh, he's in big trouble! He's stumbling all over the place and has face planted into the ropes, causing the referee to call an end to the fight! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Front Kick). John Lilburne! John Lilburne really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Steel Penn's All 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty. Shamus McDermid spoke after the fight, saying 'Damn!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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