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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Lewis St Clair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think St Clair might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ready to Die. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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216 lbs
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223 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Lewis St Clair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong cracks a nice hook into St Clair's ribs.
Armstrong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by St Clair.
St Clair checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Armstrong misses with a low kick as St Clair jumps back.
St Clair lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Armstrong connects with a right hand. St Clair shakes it off.
It looks like Jon Lewis St Clair has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Armstrong works St Clair's body with a nice hook.
St Clair throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
St Clair blocks a head kick by Armstrong.
Armstrong is looking to clinch but St Clair is avoiding it.
St Clair avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Clair motions for Armstrong to come forward. St Clair throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
St Clair scores with a jab to the jaw.
Armstrong throws a low kick but St Clair moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by St Clair. That's going to slow Armstrong down.
St Clair misses with a wild combination.
Armstrong tries to clinch there but St Clair circles away.
Armstrong takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Armstrong moves into the clinch.
St Clair avoids a wild elbow strike from Armstrong.
St Clair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armstrong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Clair trying to control the position but instead, Armstrong has worked for underhooks and has pushed St Clair into the ropes.
Armstrong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from St Clair.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but St Clair avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the ropes.
St Clair tries to work over Armstrong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Armstrong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Clair's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by St Clair.
Armstrong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St Clair blocks it with crossed arms.
Armstrong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong throws a head punch that misses.
St Clair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Armstrong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Clair swings wildly with an uppercut but Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Clair misses with the head strike.
Armstrong lands a right hand.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but St Clair blocks with his arms.
St Clair taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Armstrong.
Knees in the clinch landing for Armstrong.
St Clair lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St Clair.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Clair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Clair can't find room to land a body shot as Armstrong controls the action.
Armstrong has a couple of punches blocked by St Clair.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Armstrong landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Xavier Armstrong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jon Lewis St Clair's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Armstrong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Armstrong keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Xavier Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Clair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Armstrong closes the distance but St Clair moves to the side
and St Clair counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Armstrong thinking.
St Clair throws a head kick that misses.
Armstrong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Clair.
Xavier Armstrong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Armstrong misses with a body shot.
St Clair cracks Armstrong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Clair lands a nice shot to the body.
St Clair misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for St Clair.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Armstrong is rocked!
The fight stays on the outside here - Armstrong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armstrong is still on wobbly legs! Can St Clair finish him?
St Clair throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Armstrong drops his guard momentarily, allowing St Clair to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Armstrong! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! St Clair takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jon Lewis St Clair!
A relieved looking Jon Lewis St Clair thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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