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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spurro Sparre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sexy and I Know It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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190 cm
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195 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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200 cm
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195 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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World class boxer
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Richtofen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Spurro Sparre! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sparre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Richtofen can pounce on him.
We've been informed that Sparre has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. A combination from Sparre does no damage. Sparre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Richtofen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Richtofen throws a half hearted mid kick. Sparre slips under a jab from Richtofen. Richtofen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Millions Top Team in the buildup to the fight. Sparre throws a combination. Richtofen tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Richtofen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Richtofen thows a body shot but no joy. Spurro Sparre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Richtofen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sparre. That's going to slow Richtofen down. This has been an exciting period of action! Richtofen is looking to score with low kicks. Sparre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sparre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Sparre misses with a head kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Richtofen as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sparre looks to throw the jab but Richtofen is out of range. Sparre scores with a one two! Richtofen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Edward Richtofen has been cut. Sparre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Richtofen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sparre is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sparre lunges at Richtofen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Richtofen's hand. Richtofen missing with a left hand there. Sparre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Richtofen fails to land with a series of punches.
Richtofen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sparre's corner calls for a 1-2. Sparre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Sparre throws a front kick to the face that drops Richtofen 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 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Front Kick). Spurro Sparre! After winning the bout, Spurro Sparre thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
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