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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Van Gundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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192 lbs
23 - 13 - 0 |
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183 cm
32
189 lbs
27 - 9 - 1 |
World class MT
Very quick
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Granite chin
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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
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Van Gundy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legionarius connects with an inside leg kick.
Van Gundy throws a low kick but Legionarius avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Legionarius. Van Gundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legionarius takes one to the chin there.
Van Gundy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Legionarius with a nice cross.
Legionarius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Gundy was well out of range. Poor timing from Legionarius.
Legionarius gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Gundy.
Legionarius closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Gundy struggles to land a body shot inside as Legionarius controls his hands.
Van Gundy lands a body shot.
Legionarius misses with a punch to the body.
Van Gundy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Gundy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Legionarius tries to work over Van Gundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Legionarius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Legionarius avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Legionarius.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gundy can't find room to land a body shot as Legionarius controls the action.
Van Gundy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Legionarius has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Legionarius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Gundy backwards.
Van Gundy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Gundy misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Gundy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.
Van Gundy working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Van Gundy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Van Gundy misses with a punch to the body.
Legionarius tries to work over Van Gundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Gundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Gundy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Legionarius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Gundy working aggressively here.
Legionarius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius misses with the head strike.
Van Gundy can't find room to land a body shot as Legionarius controls the action.
Van Gundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Gundy wants to get back to striking at distance but Legionarius won't allow it.
Van Gundy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Legionarius breaks the clinch.
Legionarius lands with a nice body kick.
Van Gundy tries to keep at a distance but Legionarius has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Gundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gundy scores with a shot to the side of Legionarius's head.
Legionarius misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Gundy.
Van Gundy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Gundy lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Gundy lands a nice knee to the body.
Legionarius is breathing heavily.
Legionarius tries to throw a body punch but Van Gundy avoids it by throwing Legionarius back against the ropes.
Van Gundy cracks Legionarius with a nice body shot.
Van Gundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Van Gundy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Gundy thows a body kick. Legionarius tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Legionarius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Gundy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Legionarius's calf.
Legionarius takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Van Gundy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Gundy is looking to slow Legionarius down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Gundy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Legionarius missing with a left hand there. Van Gundy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Legionarius misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Legionarius is rocked!
Van Gundy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Gundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.
Oh Legionarius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Gundy misses with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Van Gundy on the inside.
A body shot lands from Van Gundy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Legionarius backwards.
Van Gundy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legionarius avoids it.
Legionarius misses with a punch to the body.
Van Gundy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Legionarius misses with a punch to the body.
Legionarius throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Gundy.
Legionarius tries a body shot but Van Gundy blocks it.
Legionarius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy throws a head punch that misses.
Van Gundy landing knees to the body.
Legionarius seems to have got his legs back now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Van Gundy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Gundy creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Legionarius crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Van Gundy takes the fight into the clinch.
Van Gundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Gundy tries to work over Legionarius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Gundy controls his hands.
Legionarius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Gundy breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Legionarius with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Legionarius looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Legionarius get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Van Gundy connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Legionarius's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Legionarius - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stan Van Gundy!
Stan Van Gundy thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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