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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between David Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nazar Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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198 cm
32
293 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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205 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
World class MT
Granite chin
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Drake! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nazar Ivanov! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Drake with a hook. Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanov has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Ivanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drake lands with a good body shot. Ivanov fails in his attempt to clinch. Ivanov misses with a wild body shot. Nice body punch from Drake. Drake rushes Ivanov and presses him up against the ropes. Drake lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ivanov looks winded! Drake softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Drake lands with a short head shot on the inside. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Drake gets through Ivanov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Drake creates a bit of distance and cracks Ivanov with a big uppercut! Ivanov goes down! The referee pushes Drake away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Ivanov make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Drake takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). David Drake! After winning the bout, David Drake thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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C
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
90% |
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