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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Mark Addison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance De Ropp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
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178 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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177 cm
21
172 lbs
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Excellent MT
Cardio machine
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Dangerous knees
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Addison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lance De Ropp! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De Ropp tries to clinch there but Addison circles away.
De Ropp tries to clinch and Addison counters with a nice leg kick. De Ropp misses with a head kick.
Addison looks to land a left hand but De Ropp moved out of range nicely. De Ropp takes a shot right to the bread basket. De Ropp has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Addison finds it's way round the side to connect with De Ropp's head.
It looks like Lance De Ropp has been cut. Addison clinches up with De Ropp and pushes him back against the ropes. De Ropp avoiding damage as Addison throws knees to the body.
Addison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Addison pressing his opponent against the ropes. I was talking to Addison's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. De Ropp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Addison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Ropp trying to control the position but instead, Addison has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Ropp into the ropes. Addison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Ropps head. Addison blocks an elbow strike from De Ropp.
De Ropp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. De Ropp pushes Addison back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. Addison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Ropp tries to land a knee to the head but Addison blocks with his arms.
Addison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Addison lands a nice uppercut. Addison has a couple of punches blocked by De Ropp.
De Ropp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Addison misses with a short punch on the inside. Addison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Addison. Addison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Ropp backwards. Addison lands a right hand. Addison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from De Ropp.
Addison landing knees to the head.
De Ropp can't break the clinch.
De Ropp breaks the clinch.
Addison looks for the body kick but De Ropp saw that one coming. Addison pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Ropp is out of range and Addison settles back down. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A head kick misses from Addison. De Ropp is looking to clinch but Addison is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Addison moves into the clinch successfully.
Addison scores with a shot to the side of De Ropp's head. Addison lands on the inside with an uppercut. Addison cracks De Ropp with a nice body shot. Addison working aggressively here.
Addison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Addison. Come on Addison - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Addison blocks an elbow strike from De Ropp.
Addison misses with a punch on the inside.
Addison has De Ropp pressed against the ropes, preventing De Ropp from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Addison lands an uppercut.
De Ropp is rocked! De Ropp tries to break free but Addison pushes him back against the ropes. De Ropp is still on wobbly legs! Can Addison finish him? Addison creates a bit of distance and cracks De Ropp with a big uppercut! De Ropp goes down! The referee pushes Addison away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will De Ropp make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Addison takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mark Addison! After the big win, Mark Addison made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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