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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Serghei Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendric Slager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manuel comes to the ring accompanied by Stronger . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serghei Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kendric Slager!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slager pushes Manuel up against the ropes in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manuel.
Manuel tries a body shot but Slager blocks it.
Slager lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Serghei Manuel has been cut.
Slager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Manuel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Manuel misses with a punch on the inside.
Slager blocks a body shot from Manuel.
Slager prevents a body shot from Manuel.
Manuel has a couple of punches blocked by Slager.
Slager throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice left hand lands by Manuel.
Manuel lands a nice shot to the body.
Manuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slager's coach down at Extreme Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Slager's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Manuel gets through Slager's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Slager is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Manuel is keeping busy.
Manuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manuel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slager backwards.
Slager blocks a body shot from Manuel.
Slager looking to throw knees to the head but Manuel is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manuel can't find room to land a body shot as Slager controls the action.
Manuel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Manuel.
Manuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manuel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slager missing with knees to the body.
Slager's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Manuel stalling in the clinch but Slager improves position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manuel blocks it with crossed arms.
Manuel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Slager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manuel blocks it with crossed arms.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Manuel.
Slager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slager's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Manuel.
Slager looks winded!
Manuel lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Manuel.
Manuel tries to stall but Slager uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Manuel tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manuel tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manuel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Manuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manuel working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manuel tries to work over Slager's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Manuel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manuel tries to throw a body punch but Slager avoids it by throwing Manuel back against the ropes.
Slager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slager tries to land a knee to the head but Manuel blocks with his arms.
Manuel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slager backwards.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Slager throws an elbow but misses.
Manuel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Slager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Manuel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Slager is rocked!
It looks like Kendric Slager has been cut.
A short left from Manuel.
Slager is still on wobbly legs! Can Manuel finish him?
Manuel creates a bit of distance and cracks Slager with a big uppercut! Slager goes down! The referee pushes Manuel away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Slager make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Manuel takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Serghei Manuel!
Serghei Manuel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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