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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eric Esparza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Zacapa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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163 lbs
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157 lbs
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric Esparza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ron Zacapa!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zacapa rushes Esparza and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Zacapa misses with the head strike.
Zacapa misses with a punch on the inside.
Zacapa tries to work over Esparza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Esparza breaks from the clinch.
Esparza misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Esparza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Esparza throws a leg kick but Zacapa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zacapa drives through and clinches with Esparza against the ropes.
Esparza tries to break free but Zacapa pushes him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zacapa misses with the head strike.
Zacapa lands a body shot.
Zacapa working aggressively here.
Zacapa tries to work over Esparza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Esparza's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zacapa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esparza wants to get back to striking at distance but Zacapa won't allow it.
Zacapa lands with a light punch inside.
Zacapa lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Zacapa.
A short right from Zacapa on the inside.
Zacapa throws a punch but it's blocked by Esparza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zacapa.
Zacapa lands a shot to the body.
Zacapa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Esparza backwards.
Esparza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zacapa.
Esparza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zacapa pushes Esparza back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zacapa.
Zacapa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zacapa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Esparza's elbow.
Zacapa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Zacapa.
Zacapa lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zacapa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Esparza backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Zacapa fails to land.
Zacapa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zacapa throws a head punch that misses.
Zacapa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zacapa tries to work over Esparza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zacapa can't find room to land a body shot as Esparza controls the action.
Zacapa misses with a body punch.
A short right from Zacapa.
Zacapa prevents Esparza from breaking the clinch.
Zacapa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esparza has had enough of the clinch but Zacapa keeps him there for the moment.
Esparza is trying to push Zacapa away but Zacapa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Zacapa.
Zacapa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zacapa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Esparza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zacapa misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esparza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esparza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zacapa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Zacapa.
Zacapa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zacapa lands a left hand.
Zacapa misses with the head strike.
Zacapa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zacapa lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Zacapa fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zacapa.
Esparza manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Zacapa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Esparza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zacapa scores with a punch to the head.
Zacapa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Esparza is rocked!
Esparza throws a sloppy head kick and Zacapa moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Esparza.
Zacapa instigates a clinch.
Zacapa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Zacapa.
Oh Esparza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zacapa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zacapa throws a head punch that misses.
Zacapa digs a right hand into Esparza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Esparza's gas tank.
Zacapa misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Zacapa.
Zacapa misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zacapa creates a bit of distance and cracks Esparza with a big uppercut! Esparza goes down! The referee pushes Zacapa away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Esparza make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Zacapa takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ron Zacapa!
A relieved looking Ron Zacapa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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