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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryszard Klibek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan McAndrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McAndrews's choice of entrance music: Never Le Nkimise by Die Antwoord. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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188 cm
26
197 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
26
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup
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Good kicks
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryszard Klibek! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tristan McAndrews! The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! McAndrews takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. McAndrews throws the kick towards the body but Klibek avoids it. A head kick misses from Klibek. Despite the aggression on McAndrews's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Klibek tries to close the distance and clinch up but McAndrews swats him away and circles back towards the center. Klibek has McAndrews up against the ropes in a clinch.
Klibek struggles to land a body shot inside as McAndrews controls his hands.
McAndrews missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from McAndrews.
McAndrews stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McAndrews is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. McAndrews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. McAndrews pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. McAndrews throws a nice inside leg kick. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. McAndrews is looking to land body kicks. Klibek lands the left hand. McAndrews scores with a spinning back kick! McAndrews connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
It looks like Ryszard Klibek has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! McAndrews throws a half hearted mid kick. McAndrews cracks Klibek with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Klibek is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Klibek is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Klibek is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice body kick there by McAndrews. Oh Klibek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Klibek seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. McAndrews throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! McAndrews throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Klibek is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the ropes! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tristan McAndrews!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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