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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Po kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Thai fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
25
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Solid boxing
Prefers standup
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Good elbows
Very confident
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tong Po! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Maia! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Po throws a body punch but Maia moves out of range. Maia moves into the clinch. Po misses with a punch to the body.
Maia lands an elbow just above Po 's eye. Maia lands with a right to the head. Po tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Po fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Po misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Po fails to land. Maia lands with a short shot to the head. Po swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Po tries to work over Maia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Po tries to throw a body punch but Maia avoids it by throwing Po back against the ropes. Maia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. A short right from Maia on the inside. A body shot lands from Maia.
A right handed body shot lands from Po.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Po lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maia backwards. Maia lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Maia. Po tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Maia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Po backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round. Po misses with a short punch on the inside. Po lands a left hand.
Maia lands an elbow inside. Maia lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Maia lands with a light punch inside. Po tries a body shot but Maia blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Po. Po lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Maia digs a right hand into Po's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Po's gas tank. Po swings wildly with an uppercut but Maia uses good head movement to avoid it. A body shot lands from Maia.
Po is breathing heavily. Maia lands a right hand. A nice right hand lands inside from Maia. Po misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Maia lands an elbow just above Po 's eye.
Po is rocked!
It looks like Tong Po has been cut. Po looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. Po tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maia's elbow. Oh Po is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Maia is leaning against Po and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Po seems to have got his legs back now. Maia stalling against the ropes.
A short right from Maia on the inside. Maia prevents a body shot from Po.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Maia lands with a short shot to the head. Po misses with the head strike.
Maia scores with a shoulder strike. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Nice elbow from Maia. Maia working some nice short punches in the clinch. Po swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Po backwards. A short right from Maia on the inside. Maia lands a nice uppercut. Po has a couple of punches blocked by Maia.
Maia cracks Po with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Po goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Po wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alex Maia! Alex Maia bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. Tong Po spoke after the fight, saying 'Look at me you little skinny brazilian, tu va a morer .'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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