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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dos Santos's choice of entrance music: The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance HD 720p . 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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277 lbs
14 - 15 - 1 |
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258 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Excellent MT
Very quick
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zbigniew Ciosek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciosek lands a nice shot to the body.
Dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ciosek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dos Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ciosek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ciosek stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ciosek moves away from the strike by Dos Santos.
Ciosek moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ciosek throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dos Santos.
It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ciosek.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ciosek seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ciosek dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dos Santos. That did some damage!
Dos Santos's coach down at Academia Ipanema was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Dos Santos's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos 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.
Ciosek scores with a hook to the body. Dos Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ciosek.
Junior Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciosek instigates a clinch.
Ciosek presses Dos Santos against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ciosek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ciosek dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Ciosek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciosek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ciosek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ciosek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ciosek connects with an inside leg kick.
Dos Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ciosek scores with a jab.
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ciosek counters with a right hand to the body.
Ciosek lands a high kick!
That has opened up Junior Dos Santos's cut even more.
Dos Santos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ciosek looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dos Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ciosek connects with an inside leg kick.
Ciosek connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dos Santos momentarily.
Ciosek moves into the clinch successfully.
Dos Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ciosek stalls.
Ciosek prevents Dos Santos from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek lands a nice knee to the body.
Ciosek lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ciosek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ciosek lands a nice knee to the body.
Ciosek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ciosek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ciosek dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Ciosek lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek breaks the clinch.
Ciosek throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dos Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ciosek cracks Dos Santos with an open hand slap.
The cut above Junior Dos Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ciosek throws a front kick that sends Dos Santos stumbling back into the ropes.
Ciosek wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ciosek scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ciosek throws out a head kick that Dos Santos doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Dos Santos crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Dos Santos's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Dos Santos is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciosek throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Dos Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Ciosek finish him?
Ciosek is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ciosek connects with the punch.
Junior Dos Santos's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Junior Dos Santos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Zbigniew Ciosek!
After winning the bout, Zbigniew Ciosek thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Junior Dos Santos spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank's all my fans for support,and i came stronger for next fight....'.
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