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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ej Balingit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Versus The World (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The World has chosen The lost vikings as his entrance music. 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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290 lbs
39 - 20 - 0 |
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300 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ej Balingit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Versus The World!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balingit scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by The World there.
It looks like Ej Balingit has been cut.
The World misses with a low kick.
Balingit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The World.
Balingit lands a nice shot that snaps The World's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The World misses with an uppercut.
Balingit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Versus The World has been cut.
Decent striking displayed by The World there.
A jab lands there for The World.
Balingit scores with a nice right hand.
The World misses with a jab, cross combination.
The World fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Balingit.
The World thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balingit has managed to clinch.
Balingit misses with a knee to the head.
Balingit lands a nice uppercut.
The World lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balingit backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The World misses with a punch on the inside.
Balingit tries to work over The World's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The World tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The World misses with a hook from the clinch.
The World blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balingit.
A short uppercut from Balingit.
Balingit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balingit can't find room to land a body shot as The World controls the action.
Balingit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Balingit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The World lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balingit prevents The World from breaking the clinch.
The World avoiding damage as Balingit throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Balingit.
Balingit presses The World against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balingit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balingit misses with a hook from the clinch.
The World prevents a body shot from Balingit.
The World landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The World blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Balingit - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balingit blocks the elbow strike.
Balingit tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The World avoids it.
Balingit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balingit scores with a nice hook to the head.
The World breaks the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The World, as that shot connected.
The World misses with a wild combination.
Decent striking displayed by Balingit there.
Balingit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The World moves away.
Balingit thuds his right hand into The World's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That has opened up Versus The World's cut even more.
Balingit misses with a body shot.
The World has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balingit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The World moves away.
The World keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balingit.
Balingit throws a jab but it's blocked by The World.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ej Balingit will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Balingit swings away with a body shot that misses
and The World counters with a right hand to the body.
Balingit moves out of range as The World strikes.
Versus The World seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The World throws a shot to the body.
Balingit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balingit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balingit slips a jab from The World.
The World lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balingit circles away quickly and effectively.
The World throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balingit moves away from the strike by The World.
The World throws a right and a left that Balingit avoids nicely.
A jab from The World misses.
The World misses with a body kick.
The World keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balingit.
Balingit throws a body punch but The World moves out of range.
Versus The World seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The World swings for the body but Balingit moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The World tries a head kick but it misses.
Balingit rushes The World and presses him up against the ropes.
Balingit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The World misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balingit.
Balingit landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Balingit works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The World is breathing heavily.
Balingit tries a knee to the head but The World blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balingit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balingit lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balingit lands a body punch.
The World on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balingit lands a nice uppercut.
Balingit landing knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Balingit.
Balingit unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Balingit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Balingit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Balingit missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balingit lands a nice uppercut.
Balingit pushes The World back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balingit lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balingit tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The World pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Balingit using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The World has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from The World fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Balingit as the two fighters clinch.
Ej Balingit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Balingit works on The World's body with a couple of short punches.
Balingit tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balingit lands a body shot in the clinch.
Balingit throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balingit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Balingit connects with a nasty looking knee right to The World's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The World takes a shot to the head.
Balingit blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Balingit.
The World working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ej Balingit dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balingit scores with a jab to the body.
The World tried to score with a low kick but Balingit checks it.
Balingit tries to close the distance and clinch but The World swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balingit has managed to clinch.
The World's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Balingit is looking to clinch.
Balingit misses the jab.
The World swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balingit. The World does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from The World misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - The World throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balingit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Balingit thows a body shot but no joy.
The World's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Balingit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The World scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balingit misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The World looks to land a left hand but Balingit moved out of range nicely.
Balingit fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The World, pushing him back against the ropes.
Balingit trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balingit.
Balingit utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The World takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Balingit scores a nice knee to the body.
Balingit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The World can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balingit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Worlds head.
Balingit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Worlds head.
The cut above Versus The World's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Balingit cracks The World with a big uppercut, right up the middle and The World goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! The World wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ej Balingit!
Ej Balingit decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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