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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jorge Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovanni Niccoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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232 lbs
39 - 26 - 0 |
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194 cm
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245 lbs
13 - 13 - 0 |
World class boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giovanni Niccoli!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niccoli throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Niccoli tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cruz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Niccoli doesn't seem bothered though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Niccoli.
Cruz slips a jab from Niccoli.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Niccoli's shoulder, as Niccoli tries to avoid the shot.
Niccoli lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Cruz misses.
Cruz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cruz misses with a right hand
and Niccoli counters with a straight right hand.
Cruz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Niccoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Niccoli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cruz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Niccoli.
Cruz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz lands a right hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Cruz scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Giovanni Niccoli has been cut.
Niccoli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Niccoli defending well as Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
Niccoli counters with a body kick.
Cruz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Niccoli eats them both and turns towards Cruz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jorge Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz moves out of range as Niccoli throws a body kick.
Niccoli throws out a powerful jab.
Niccoli throws a big shot that misses.
Niccoli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cruz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Niccoli throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cruz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Niccoli counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Niccoli cracks Cruz with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niccoli throws a head kick but Cruz moves out of range.
Niccoli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cruz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Niccoli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz lunges at Niccoli with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Niccoli's hand.
Niccoli misses with a low kick.
Cruz misses with a hook
and Niccoli counters with a straight right hand.
Niccoli throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
An attempted straight right counter from Cruz misses the target.
Cruz connects with a nice looking jab.
A big right from Cruz misses.
Niccoli avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Niccoli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz lands a glancing blow to the side of Niccoli's head.
Niccoli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Niccoli throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Cruz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niccoli throws a lazy uppercut
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Niccoli.
Niccoli throws a head kick but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
letting Niccoli counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Niccoli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cruz.
Niccoli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Niccoli slips under a jab.
Donk. Cruz catches Niccoli right on the button with a cross.
Cruz cracks Niccoli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Good leg kick by Niccoli there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Niccoli throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Niccoli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Niccoli steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niccoli fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Niccoli moves away and avoids it.
Niccoli slips a jab from Cruz.
Niccoli scores with a punch to the head.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cruz throws a jab but it's blocked by Niccoli.
Niccoli raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cruz backing away here, and Niccoli unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Niccoli throws out a leg kick but Cruz moves out of range and Niccoli only half commits.
A swing and a miss from Cruz.
Niccoli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niccoli swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cruz.
A solid leg kick lands there for Niccoli.
Niccoli throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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 Jorge Cruz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Niccoli's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cruz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz misses with a hook. Niccoli ducked under it nicely.
Cruz lands a really nice looking cross but Niccoli seems unphased.
Jorge Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
Cruz misses with the combination.
Cruz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Niccoli back to the ropes. Cruz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Niccoli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Niccoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Niccoli misses.
Cruz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cruz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niccoli manages to avoid it.
Cruz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Niccoli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Niccoli ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz throws a right hand that Niccoli ducks under and follows up with a left that Niccoli also avoids with ease.
Cruz blocks a leg kick.
Niccoli's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Niccoli scrambles back to his feet.
That has opened up Giovanni Niccoli's cut even more.
Cruz lands the left hand.
Niccoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Niccoli scores with a push kick.
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niccoli is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Niccoli dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cruz. That did some damage!
Nice shot lands for Cruz.
Niccoli misses with a looping right.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Niccoli.
Niccoli fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cruz checks it well.
Niccoli slips a jab and a cross from Cruz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A head kick by Niccoli misses
letting Cruz counter with a right hand.
Niccoli throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz moves out of range easily.
A leg kick checked by Cruz.
Cruz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cruz swings for the body but Niccoli moves out of range.
Niccoli misses with a straight left.
As Niccoli looks to move away, Cruz throws a big counter combo bu Niccoli just gets out of the way.
Niccoli looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Niccoli.
Cruz scores with a sloppy right hand. Niccoli should have avoided that one.
Nice shot lands for Cruz.
Niccoli misses the jab.
Niccoli throws a solid leg kick but Cruz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Niccoli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niccoli throws a looping overhand right but Cruz ducks down to avoid it.
Niccoli has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Niccoli's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Niccoli scrambles back to his feet.
Cruz looks to land a combination but Niccoli avoids it well.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niccoli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cruz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Niccoli cracks Cruz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body
and Niccoli makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cruz really felt that one!
Niccoli fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Niccoli avoids them all with ease.
Niccoli connects with an inside leg kick.
Niccoli tried to score with a low kick but Cruz checks it.
Cruz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niccoli tries to clinch there but Cruz circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccoli.
It looked like Cruz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Niccoli connects with a leg kick. Cruz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niccoli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the liver by Cruz. Beautiful body shot.
Cruz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cruz works the jab nicely.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Niccoli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Niccoli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Niccoli.
Niccoli connects with a solid leg kick.
Cruz throws a lazy uppercut
and Niccoli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Niccoli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Cruz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Niccoli's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cruz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Niccoli slips the punch.
Niccoli throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Niccoli avoids the body shot from Cruz.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Niccoli fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Niccoli moves away and avoids it.
Cruz misses with a body punch
and Niccoli counters with a good low kick that Cruz was not able to check.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz avoids the head kick by Niccoli.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niccoli thuds his shin into the meat of Cruz's side.
A big right from Niccoli misses.
Cruz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Niccoli's head but Niccoli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Niccoli replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Cruz blocks it well.
Cruz tries to bum rush Niccoli with a series of wild strikes but Niccoli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niccoli circles away quickly and effectively.
Cruz backing away here, and Niccoli unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Niccoli scoring well with a low kick there.
Niccoli lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Niccoli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Niccoli scores with a shot to the body.
Niccoli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
A jab from Niccoli finds it's way through Cruz's defenses.
Cruz tries to bum rush Niccoli with a series of wild strikes but Niccoli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Niccoli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niccoli connects with a solid leg kick.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Niccoli misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz takes a swing at Niccoli's ribcage but misses.
Niccoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niccoli misses with a low kick.
Niccoli throws a leg kick but Cruz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cruz is looking to counter punch.
Cruz cracks a nice hook into Niccoli's ribs.
Niccoli is looking to chop away at Cruz's legs.
Cruz jabs at Niccoli's body.
Niccoli lands with a kick to the temple. Cruz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Niccoli misses the jab.
Cruz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Niccoli uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cruz has time to react.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and Niccoli counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cruz keeps the fight on the outside.
Cruz cracks a nice hook into Niccoli's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niccoli throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cruz.
Niccoli lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cruz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Niccoli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Niccoli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Niccoli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Niccoli avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Niccoli swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Niccoli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cruz.
Niccoli looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cruz swings for the body but Niccoli moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Niccoli eats them both and turns towards Cruz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Niccoli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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!
Niccoli lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cruz takes a step back to recover.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Niccoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Niccoli saw that one coming.
Niccoli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A good leg kick by Niccoli.
Niccoli connects with a jab.
Cruz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Niccoli scores with a shot to the body.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Niccoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Niccoli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cruz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niccoli connects with a leg kick. Cruz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cruz misses with a hook
and Niccoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giovanni Niccoli really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Niccoli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Niccoli connects with a looping right hand.
Cruz is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Niccoli misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Niccoli throws a front kick to the face that drops Cruz 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 0:23 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Front Kick). Giovanni Niccoli!
A very excited looking Giovanni Niccoli made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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RATING
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