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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Radcliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Radcliff's choice of entrance music: Fatal - Kick me down. Oliver Radcliff has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
45 - 24 - 0 |
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285 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
45 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Kyle Romo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Radcliff!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Romo connects with the punch.
Romo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Radcliff swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Romo darts in and clinches Radcliff up against the ropes.
Radcliff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Radcliff wants to get back to striking at distance but Romo won't allow it.
Romo tries a knee to the head but Radcliff blocks it.
Romo blocking some punches.
Radcliff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Radcliff tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Radcliff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romo's elbow.
Romo misses with a punch to the body.
Radcliff tries to land a knee to the head but Romo blocks with his arms.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Radcliff blocks with his arms.
Romo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Romo.
Romo can't find room to land a body shot as Radcliff controls the action.
Romo lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Radcliff misses with an elbow over the top.
Romo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Radcliff backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like John Kyle Romo has been cut.
Romo missing with knees to the body.
Romo prevents a body shot from Radcliff.
Still in the clinch, Romo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Radcliff avoids the damage to the body.
Romo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Romo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Radcliff has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Radcliff blocking some punches.
Romo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Radcliff's face.
Radcliff can't find room to land a body shot as Romo controls the action.
Romo misses with a knee to the head.
Romo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romo misses with a knee to the head.
Romo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romo with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Radcliff.
A left hand lands to the body for Romo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Radcliff lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Romo.
Radcliff trying to land knees to the body.
Radcliff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Radcliff blocks with his arms.
Romo tries a knee to the head but Radcliff blocks it.
Radcliff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romo scores with a shot to the side of Radcliff's head.
Radcliff prevents a body shot from Romo.
Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Radcliff avoids the damage to the body.
Romo lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Radcliff is trying to force a seperation but Romo has the dominant position.
Radcliff managing to block the knees to the body from Romo.
Romo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Radcliff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romo.
Radcliff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kyle Romo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Kyle Romo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Radcliff misses with a body shot.
Romo connects with a leg kick. Radcliff looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Radcliff avoids a kick to the body.
Radcliff misses with a body shot.
Radcliff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Radcliff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romo was well out of range. Poor timing from Radcliff.
Romo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Romo managing to block the knees to the body from Radcliff.
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but Radcliff blocks with his arms.
Romo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Radcliff can do to turn this around?
Romo misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romo pushes Radcliff back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Radcliff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left lands for Romo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romo throws a right hand that Radcliff ducks under and follows up with a left that Radcliff also avoids with ease.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Romo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Radcliff misses with a head kick.
Romo tries to counter by clinching up but Radcliff breaks away and moves out of range.
Radcliff on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romo fails to land with a series of punches.
Romo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Radcliff moves into the clinch successfully.
Romo tries to work over Radcliff's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romo looking to throw knees to the head but Radcliff is blocking nicely.
Radcliff looking to throw knees to the head but Romo is blocking nicely.
Romo lands with a left to the head.
Romo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Radcliff tries to break free but Romo pushes him back against the ropes.
Romo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Romo can't find room to land a body shot as Radcliff controls the action.
Radcliff managing to block the knees to the body from Romo.
Romo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Radcliff.
Radcliff misses with the head strike.
Romo lands a hook that snaps the head of Radcliff backwards.
A short left from Romo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romo lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Radcliff backwards.
A short left from Romo.
Romo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Radcliff backwards.
Romo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Romo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Radcliff.
Romo lands a knee to the body.
Radcliff is breathing heavily.
Romo lands with a right to the head.
Knees to the body from Romo.
Still in the clinch, Romo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Radcliff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romo is defending well for now.
Romo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Radcliff takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Radcliff backwards.
Radcliff is rocked!
Romo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Radcliff is still on wobbly legs! Can Romo finish him?
Romo breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Radcliff with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Radcliff looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Radcliff get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Kyle Romo!
During a confident post fight interview, John Kyle Romo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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RATING
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