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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sher Shah Suri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kyle Romo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suri comes to the ring accompanied by Bohemia - Kali Denali . Sher Shah Suri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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225 cm
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279 lbs
25 - 7 - 0 |
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190 cm
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240 lbs
46 - 24 - 0 |
World class MT
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sher Shah Suri! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
46 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Kyle Romo! The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Suri misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Suri misses its intended target. Romo instigates a clinch. Romo has a couple of punches blocked by Suri.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Suri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Romo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Romo pushes Suri back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. Romo pushes Suri back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head. Romo blocks a body shot from Suri. Romo can't find room to land a body shot as Suri controls the action.
Suri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Romo misses with a body punch.
Romo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Suri 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. Romo trying to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Romo.
Suri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Suri misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Romo just leaning against Suri, taking a breather. Romo lands a left hand.
Romo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suri blocks it with crossed arms. Romo is looking to control Suri's arms but Suri gets an underhook and turns him. Now Romo has his back to the ropes. Romo missing with knees to the body.
Suri scores with a nice hook to the head. Suri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suri really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Suri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Romo moves into range and clinches up with Suri. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suri. Suri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Romo is trying to stall.
Suri struggles to land a body shot inside as Romo controls his hands.
Suri lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Romo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Suri seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Romo can turn it around. Suri misses with a punch to the body.
Romo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Romo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Suri tries to throw a body punch but Romo avoids it by throwing Suri back against the ropes. Romo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Suri misses with a short punch on the inside. Romo blocking some punches.
Romo blocks a body shot from Suri. Suri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Suri tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Romo is able to avoid easily. Romo tries to counter with a clinch but Suri shakes him off and moves away. Suri takes a swing at Romo's ribcage but misses. Romo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Romo avoids the body shot from Suri.
Romo misses with a low kick.
Romo scores with a shot to the body.
Romo instigates a clinch. Suri misses with some punches.
Suri lands an uppercut. Knees to the body from Romo.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A quick uppercut on the inside from Romo. Romo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Suri is breathing heavily. Romo lands an uppercut. Romo scores with a shoulder strike. A right hand to the body from Romo.
Romo misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romo. Romo tries to land knees in the clinch but Suri avoids the damage to the body. Romo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suri wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Suri.
Romo looking to throw knees to the head but Suri is blocking nicely.
Romo is working Suri over against the ropes. Romo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romo swings wildly with an uppercut but Suri uses good head movement to avoid it. Suri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suri wants to slow Romo down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Romo gets a clinch. 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! Romo blocks an uppercut.
Romo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Romo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suri tries to work over Romo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Suri digs a right hand underneath Romo's ribcage. Romo let out a lung full of air as it connected. Romo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romo struggles to land a body shot inside as Suri controls his hands.
Suri breaks from the clinch.
Suri lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Romo is looking to clinch but Suri is avoiding it.
Romo gets in close and instigates a clinch. Romo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Suri misses with a punch to the body.
Romo lands on the inside with an uppercut. Suri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kyle Romo dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Nice jab there from Romo. Romo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Suri. Romo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Suri. Romo scores with a nice right hand.
Romo takes the fight into the clinch. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. A head punch blocked on the inside by Romo. Suri lands a hook that snaps the head of Romo backwards. Suri tries to work over Romo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. A quick uppercut on the inside from Suri. Suri lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romo. Suri lands a body shot. A head punch on the inside from Suri fails to land. Romo prevents a body shot from Suri. Suri tries to break free but Romo pushes him back against the ropes. Suri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Romo throws out a loose jab but Suri uses good head movement to avoid it. Suri on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romo. Romo obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round. Romo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romo tries to clinch but fails miserably and as Romo resets, Suri counters with a big head kick, out of nowhere! Romo goes down! The referee sends Suri to a neutral corner and begins the count.. 3,4,5,6,7, will he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Sher Shah Suri! Sher Shah Suri retains his super heavyweight title! A very excited looking Sher Shah Suri made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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