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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Matt Rowlands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asmar Dagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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245 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm
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229 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
World class MT
Cardio machine
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Great elbows
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Rowlands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asmar Dagher!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rowlands is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matt Rowlands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rowlands tries to close the distance and clinch but Dagher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rowlands fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dagher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rowlands wants to clinch.
Dagher takes a swing at Rowlands's ribcage but misses.
Dagher takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rowlands on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dagher. Dagher obviously looking to wear him down.
Dagher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rowlands throws a right and a left that Dagher avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dagher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rowlands. That did some damage!
Rowlands throws a sloppy head kick and Dagher moves out of range easily.
Dagher connects with a body shot.
Rowlands throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dagher on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rowlands takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dagher takes the fight into the clinch.
Dagher pushes Rowlands back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rowlands takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dagher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rowlands backwards.
Dagher scores a nice knee to the body.
Dagher misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Dagher.
Rowlands is breathing heavily.
Dagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Rowlands on the inside.
Rowlands avoiding damage as Dagher throws knees to the body.
Rowlands looking to throw knees to the head but Dagher is blocking nicely.
Dagher misses with a knee to the head.
Dagher scores with a shot to the side of Rowlands's head.
Rowlands looking to throw knees to the head but Dagher is blocking nicely.
Dagher presses Rowlands against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dagher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rowlands has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rowlands misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dagher tries a knee to the head but Rowlands blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dagher misses with the head strike.
Dagher blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rowlands blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rowlands misses with the head strike.
Dagher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dagher trying to land knees to the body.
Rowlands avoids the elbow strike from Dagher, against the ropes.
Dagher scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Dagher.
Dagher tries a body shot but Rowlands blocks it.
Dagher softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Dagher.
It looks like Matt Rowlands has been cut.
Rowlands misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Dagher.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dagher.
Dagher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dagher lands a knee to the body.
Rowlands looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dagher is leaning against Rowlands and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dagher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dagher tries a knee to the head but Rowlands blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asmar Dagher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Rowlands's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Dagher throws a series of punches but Rowlands moves out of range.
Dagher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rowlands. That did some damage!
Rowlands tries to clinch there but Dagher circles away.
Dagher fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rowlands has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dagher takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Matt Rowlands is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dagher keeps the fight on the outside.
Rowlands lands with an uppercut that bounces Dagher off the ropes and back into range.
Asmar Dagher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dagher lands with an overhand left.
Dagher misses with a double jab.
Dagher closes the distance and clinches.
Rowlands tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dagher has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dagher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rowlands or not.
Rowlands fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dagher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dagher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dagher landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dagher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dagher lands an elbow that stopped Rowlands in his tracks for a moment.
Dagher works on Rowlands's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dagher.
Dagher scores with a knee to the head.
Dagher lands a hook that snaps the head of Rowlands backwards.
Dagher tries to land a knee to the head but Rowlands blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dagher.
A body shot lands from Dagher.
Dagher lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Dagher.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dagher.
Rowlands blocks a body shot from Dagher.
A hook to the body from Dagher.
Dagher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dagher is leaning against Rowlands and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dagher lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dagher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rowlands takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from Dagher.
Dagher working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dagher landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dagher breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Rowlands with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Rowlands looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Rowlands get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Rowlands is rocked!
Matt Rowlands's cut is getting worse.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dagher.
Oh Rowlands is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rowlands drops his guard momentarily, allowing Dagher to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Rowlands! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Dagher takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Asmar Dagher!
After winning the bout, Asmar Dagher thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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RATING
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