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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Friedrich Nietzsche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Hawthorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Hawthorne is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Friedrich Nietzsche!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nietzsche misses with a body kick.
Hawthorne wants to counter the offense by Nietzsche and move into the clinch position.
Nietzsche keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nietzsche staying out of range there.
Hawthorne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hawthorne scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice body kick there by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nietzsche clinches up with Hawthorne and pushes him back against the ropes.
Hawthorne wants to get back to striking at distance but Nietzsche won't allow it.
Hawthorne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hawthorne is looking to break free of the clinch but Nietzsche has double underhooks.
Nietzsche stalling.
Nietzsche misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nietzsche is working Hawthorne over against the ropes.
Hawthorne blocks an uppercut.
Hawthorne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hawthorne lands a body shot.
Nietzsche lands with a light punch inside.
Hawthorne blocks an elbow strike from Nietzsche.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nietzsche lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawthorne avoids the elbow strike from Nietzsche, against the ropes.
Nietzsche is working Hawthorne over against the ropes.
Hawthorne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hawthorne tries a body shot but Nietzsche blocks it.
Hawthorne misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Nietzsche just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawthorne's brow.
Hawthorne dodges an elbow strike from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche prevents Hawthorne from breaking the clinch.
Nietzsche blocking some punches.
Nietzsche can't find room to land a body shot as Hawthorne controls the action.
Nietzsche creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nietzsche lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hawthorne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nietzsche's elbow.
Nietzsche misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hawthorne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hawthorne backwards.
Hawthorne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nietzsche taking a breather.
Nietzsche displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hawthorne up against the ropes.
Nietzsche misses with a body punch.
Hawthorne can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nietzsche throws an elbow but it misses.
Nietzsche blocks an uppercut.
Hawthorne misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hawthorne backwards.
Nietzsche lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hawthorne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche throws a head punch that misses.
Hawthorne avoids a wild elbow strike from Nietzsche.
Hawthorne blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hawthorne up against the ropes.
Nietzsche lands with a right to the head.
Hawthorne misses with the head strike.
Hawthorne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nietzsche doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nietzsche tries to throw a body punch but Hawthorne avoids it by throwing Nietzsche back against the ropes.
Hawthorne misses with a punch to the body.
Nietzsche misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawthorne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
I was talking to Nietzsche's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hawthorne working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Nietzsche creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nietzsche scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne tries to work over Nietzsche's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nietzsche throws a head punch that misses.
Nietzsche working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nietzsche misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawthorne misses with a body punch.
Hawthorne takes a shot to the head.
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!
Nietzsche scores with a shoulder strike.
Nietzsche lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nietzsche lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nietzsche.
Hawthorne swings wildly with an uppercut but Nietzsche uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nietzsche is leaning against Hawthorne and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hawthorne looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nietzsche.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nietzsche lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Kevin Hawthorne has been cut.
Nietzsche lands with a right to the head.
Hawthorne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hawthorne is trying to break the clinch but Nietzsche is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Friedrich Nietzsche dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Hawthorne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nietzsche bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawthorne's head.
Hawthorne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nietzsche connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Hawthorne onto his butt! Hawthorne bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Nietzsche rushes Hawthorne and presses him up against the ropes.
Nietzsche pushes Hawthorne back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Friedrich Nietzsche has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nietzsche struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawthorne controls his hands.
Nietzsche lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nietzsche lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hawthorne is rocked!
Nietzsche lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Nietzsche.
Hawthorne avoids the elbow strike from Nietzsche, against the ropes.
Hawthorne misses with a body punch.
Hawthorne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nietzsche doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hawthorne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Nietzsche lands a right hand.
Nietzsche creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawthorne's defenses.
Nietzsche lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne has a couple of punches blocked by Nietzsche.
A short right from Nietzsche on the inside.
Nietzsche blocking some punches.
Hawthorne blocks an elbow strike.
Nietzsche creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Hawthorne crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Hawthorne is still on wobbly legs! Can Nietzsche finish him?
Hawthorne throws a poor cross that misses
and Nietzsche makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hawthorne seems to have recovered his senses.
Hawthorne is breathing heavily.
Nietzsche connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Hawthorne's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Hawthorne - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Friedrich Nietzsche!
Friedrich Nietzsche is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Friedrich Nietzsche 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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