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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Thiago Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stringer Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Almeida might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to DANZA KUDURO by Don Omar. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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175 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Almeida!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stringer Bell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Almeida thumps Bell with a low kick.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Almeida looks to clinch
and Bell counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bell.
Almeida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bell manages to break the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Almeida scores with a four punch combination!
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Bell throws a chopping leg kick but Almeida manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bell misses with a combination
and Almeida counters with a left to the body.
Almeida tries to clinch up
and Bell makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeida throws a solid leg kick but Bell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Almeida.
Almeida instigates a clinch.
Almeida misses with the head strike.
Almeida is trying to force a seperation but Bell has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida tries to land knees in the clinch but Bell avoids the damage to the body.
Almeida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bell moves out of range as Almeida throws a body kick.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Almeida scores with a hook.
Almeida takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Almeida dodges the punch combination from Bell.
Bell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thiago Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bells jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bell is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bell drops his guard momentarily, allowing Almeida to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Bell! 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! Almeida takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Thiago Almeida!
Thiago Almeida is the new middleweight champion!
Thiago Almeida was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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