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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Dan Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jens Halle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jens Halle acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good knees
Self confident
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Decent boxing
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Rogers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jens Halle! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Halle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Halle tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it. Halle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rogers swinging wildly here.
Rogers tries to keep at a distance but Halle has taken the fight into the clinch. Halle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rogers tries to break the clinch but Halle is controlling the position. Rogers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halle has him pressed against the ropes. Rogers is trying to break the clinch but Halle is controlling him. Halle stalling the fight.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Halle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Rogers lands on the inside with an uppercut. Halle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Rogers lands with a nice body punch. Halle scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rogers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Halle under the eye. Halle is looking to clinch. Halle throws a nice looking combination but Rogers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Halle on the wrong end of a nice jab. Halle moves to clinch but Rogers breaks away and Rogers counters with a left to the body. Halle looks winded! Rogers scores with a head kick.
Halle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Rogers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Rogers tries to bum rush Halle with a series of wild strikes but Halle uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Halle on the wrong end of a nice jab. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Halle is looking to clinch. Halle misses with the combination.
Rogers is looking to slow Halle down with leg kicks. Rogers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halle. Halle closes the distance but Rogers moves to the side and Rogers counters with a one-two to the body. Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab from Rogers. Rogers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Rogers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Halle. Halle circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Rogers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rogers - that will leave a mark!
Halle tries a head kick but it misses.
Halle throws a combination that misses and Rogers counters with a lovely straight right hand! Halle is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Halle tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Halle has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Halle there as he acknowledges the shot. Halle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Halle tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers scores with a kick to the midsection. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rogers!
It looks like Jens Halle has been cut. Rogers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Halle is rocked! A punch lands to the side of Halle 's head but he takes it in his stride. Halle is still on wobbly legs! Can Rogers finish him? Rogers is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Rogers shuts the power down on Halle. Lights out, game over! Rogers is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dan Rogers! A relieved looking Dan Rogers 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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