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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Cosmo Starstryder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Groot has chosen London as his entrance music. Karl De Groot is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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178 cm
32
162 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
43
155 lbs
48 - 25 - 4 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Powerful
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cosmo Starstryder! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
48 - 25 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Karl De Groot! The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Starstryder checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Groot moves out of range of the body kick from Starstryder.
Nice body punch from De Groot. Starstryder dips to his left and cracks De Groot with an uppercut! Starstryder stalks De Groot and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Groot's face. De Groot staggers backwards, shaken. Starstryder misses with a body kick. De Groot throws a hook but Starstryder avoids it easily. De Groot avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Starstryder throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Starstryder tests De Groot's chin there with a solid looking shot. Starstryder throws a good cross that connects.
Starstryder scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A swing and a miss from Starstryder. De Groot appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Starstryder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that De Groot has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Starstryder is looking to slow De Groot down with leg kicks. Starstryder keeps De Groot at a distance using the push kick. De Groot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Starstryder was well out of range. Poor timing from De Groot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Starstryder works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Starstryder misses with a body shot
and De Groot counters with an outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Starstryder. De Groot looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. De Groot tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Starstryder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Starstryder is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. De Groot punishes Starstryder's body with a nice straight punch. Starstryder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Groot was well out of range. Poor timing from Starstryder. Starstryder cracks De Groot with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes. Starstryder scores with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Starstryder. De Groot throws a lazy body kick and Starstryder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Starstryder slips under a jab from De Groot. De Groot connects with an inside leg kick. 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! Starstryder scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Groot in his tracks. Starstryder scores with a punch to the head. Starstryder scores with the left hand. De Groot knows he should have avoided that one.
De Groot is rocked! Starstryder closes the distance and lands a lead uppercut that stumbles De Groot back against the ropes! Starstryder follows up with a jab and a huge straight right that knocks De Groot out cold! What a finish! Starstryder looks absolutely delighted, as he should do! Congratulations that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cosmo Starstryder!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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