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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Rodrigo Duterte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duterte comes to the cage accompanied by Tayo ay Dabawenyo. King has chosen ROAR by Katy Perry as his entrance music. Calvin King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great elbows
Cardio machine
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Duterte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Calvin King!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duterte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
King has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Duterte is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Calvin King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duterte wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King throws out a counter right but Duterte avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Duterte's head back.
King throws a big shot that misses.
Duterte went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Duterte defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Duterte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duterte seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Duterte looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King blocks a head kick by Duterte.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws a leg kick
and Duterte counters with a good, hard body kick but King shrugs it off.
King scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like Rodrigo Duterte has been cut.
King looks to land a left hand but Duterte moved out of range nicely.
King throws a body punch but Duterte moves out of range.
Duterte throws a big counter combination but King scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duterte takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duterte is rocked!
King connects with a quick right hand that sends Duterte tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the cage, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Calvin King!
Calvin King was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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